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Hackney 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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42
Alcoholism.
Alcoholism.—During the year under consideration there were not
any deaths from alcoholic poisoning'. There were, however, eleven
deaths registered as due to cirrhosis of the liver, a condition regarded,
as a rule, to be due to excessive indulgence in alcohol, extending over
lengthy periods.
TUBERCULOSIS.
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0- 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| 1- 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | ... | ... | 3 | 3 |
| 5-10 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10-15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| 15-20 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | ... | 1 |
| 20-25 | 21 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 2 |
| 25-35 | 43 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 4 | ... |
| 35-45 | 31 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 1 | ... |
| 45-55 | 19 | 14 | ... | 2 | 16 | 8 | ... | ... |
| 55-65 | 16 | 7 | 2 | ... | 14 | 5 | ... | 1 |
| 65 and upwards | 8 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... |
| 162 | 141 | 45 | 35 | 84 | 76 | 12 | 12 | |
During 1928, 373 primary notifications of tuberculosis were
received, details of which are given on page 43 of this Report.
Bacteriological examination of sputa from 459 cases was made by the
Council's Bacteriologists during the same period. In 58 of these
examinations the specific organism of the disease was discovered, and
in the remainder the result was negative.
The number of deaths from tuberculous disease in Hackney during
1928 was 184, a decrease of 20 upon the deaths during 1927.
These deaths are classified as follows:—
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 160
General tuberculosis 2
Tuberculous meningitis 12
Tuberculous peritonitis 1
Tubercle of other organs 9
184
This number of deaths gives an annual mortality of 0.84 per
1,000 inhabitants.