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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 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: The total number of cases of both forms of the disease which came to notice during the year in the Borough, the Wards and the Registration Sub-districts, together with the attack rates per 1,000 persons living, is shown in the following table:—

The total number of cases of both forms of the disease which came to notice during the year in the Borough, the Wards and the Registration Sub-districts, together with the attack rates per 1,000 persons living, is shown in the following table:—

Area.No. of Cases.Attack rate per 1,000 persons living.
The Borough4121.9
Wards.
Stamford Hill521.5
West Hackney442.3
Kingsland432.0
Downs412.3
Clapton Park661.6
Homerton722.1
South Hackney452.0
Hackney491.8
Registration Sub-districts
North941.7
Central1052.0
South-West1071.9
South-East1061.9

Table: The total number of notifications received during the year was:—

The total number of notifications received during the year was:—

Forms A and B.Form C.
Poor Law Institutions.Sanatoria.
PulmonaryMales17951117
Females16346104
Non-PulmonaryMales42343
Females45..19
Totals429100283

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During the year there were 31 instances in which the death of
an unnotified person was attributed to tuberculosis. In some of
these the death certificates showed that the diagnosis was made
post-mortem. In all the remaining cases the attention of the
certifying practitioner was called to his failure to notify and in
every instance a satisfactory explanation was received.