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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Source of Information. | No. of Cases. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |
| Death Returns (i.e., from local Registrars, or transferable deaths from Registrar General) | 15 | 8 |
| "Transfers" from other areas (other than transferable deaths) | 23 | 4 |
| Forms C and D (in respect of cases not previously known to the M.O.H.) | 1 | — |
| Other Sources, e.g., posthumous notifications | 4 | 1 |
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1924.
The following is a summary of the quarterly returns under these regulations during the year:—
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | |
| Number of cases on Register at 1st January, 1928 | 793 | 586 | 337 | 305 |
| Number of cases notified under Regulations (1912) during the year and added to the Register | 132 | 120 | 37 | 30 |
| Number of cases coming to the notice of Medical Officer of Health other than by notification under the Regulations and added to the Register | 11 | 14 | 4 | 4 |
| Total number of cases added to the Register | 143 | 134 | 41 | 34 |
| Number of cases removed from the Register during the year | 153 | 127 | 36 | 26 |
| Total number of cases on Register at 31st December, 1928 | 783 | 593 | 342 | 313 |
| 1376 | 655 | |||