Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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As shown in a foregoing table, the deaths from tuberculosis of Hackney residents registered during 1930 numbered 202. These deaths are classified as follows:—
Pulmonary tuberculosis | 175 |
General tuberculosis | 3 |
Tuberculous meningitis | 14 |
Tuberculous peritonitis | 1 |
Tuberculosis of other organs | 9 |
202 |
This number of deaths gives an annual mortality of 0.94 per
1,000 inhabitants.
The deaths are distributed in the sub-districts of the Borough as shown below:—
Sub-Districts. | North. | Central. | South-west. | South-east. |
---|---|---|---|---|
No. of deaths from Tuberculous Disease | 43 | 51 | 47 | 61 |
Mortality rate per 1,000 inhabitants | .80 | 10 | .85 | 1.1 |
The number of deaths from tuberculosis and the death-rate in each year since 1920 are shown in the following table:—
Year. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | Death-rate. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1920 | 190 | 59 | 249 | 1.10 |
1921 | 213 | 51 | 264 | 1.17 |
1922 | 202 | 36 | 238 | 1.05 |
1923 | 216 | 40 | 256 | 1.13 |
1924 | 207 | 47 | 254 | 1.12 |
1925 | 191 | 33 | 224 | .98 |
1926 | 180 | 21 | 201 | .88 |
1927 | 181 | 23 | 204 | .90 |
1928 | 160 | 24 | 184 | .84 |
1929 | 205 | 33 | 238 | 1.11 |
1930 | 175 | 27 | 202 | .94 |
In the following table the deaths from tuberculous diseases
in the Borough for the last 15 years are shown, grouped in
periods of three years:—