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Hackney 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: 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:—

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:—

Three-year periods.Annual average number of deaths from Tuberculous Disease.Percentage decrease on the period 1916-1918.
Per cent.
1916-1918363. .
1919-192126128.1
1922-192424931.4
1925-192720942.4
1928-193020842.7

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PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1930.
These Regulations require the Medical. Officer of Health to
furnish the County Medical Officer of Health at the end of each
quarter with a statement compiled from the register of notifications.
During the past year a review has been made of all the cases
on the register and it was found that there remained a number
of entries relating to patients who were known to the Tuberculosis
Health Visitors to have been in comparatively good health for a
number of years, but in regard to whom it has been impossible to
obtain a certificate of recovery on account of the refusal of the
patients to submit themselves for further medical examination.
In order that the returns made to the County Medical Officer of
Health might give an accurate indication as to the number of
cases of tuberculosis residing in the Borough, it was decided to
remove from the register the names of those patients who were
notified not less than ten years ago and whose health has so far
improved that they have not needed medical supervision for
several Years.

Table: The following is a summary of the quarterly returns under these Regulations during the year:—

The following is a summary of the quarterly returns under these Regulations during the year:—

Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
Male.Female.Male.Female.
No. of cases on the Register of Notifications on 1st January786619356312
No. of cases notified for the first time during the year1361203534
No. of cases brought to notice otherwise than by notification3932510
No. of cases reinstated to the Register6311
No. of cases removed from the Register during the year of account of having:—
(a) recovered83335237
(b) removed from the district78471218
(c) died97921313
(d) been inaccurately diagnosed....1..
No. of cases remaining on the Register on 31st December709602319289