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Hackney 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
During the year under review 256 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis
and 43 cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis were notified
for the first time under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1930.
The number of primary notifications received in each year since 1920 is shown in the following table:—
| Year. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 410 | 139 | 549 |
| 1921 | 361 | 105 | 466 |
| 1922 | 319 | 85 | 404 |
| 1923 | 387 | 89 | 476 |
| 1924 | 334 | 115 | 449 |
| 1925 | 356 | 109 | 465 |
| 1926 | 330 | 88 | 418 |
| 1927 | 336 | 80 | 416 |
| 1928 | 293 | 80 | 373 |
| 1929 | 284 | 79 | 363 |
| 1930 . | 256 | 70 | 326 |
| 1931 | 256 | 43 | 299 |
The following is a summary of the age and sex distribution of the cases notified and the deaths from this disease during the year:—
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0-1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1-5 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 |
| 5-10 | 4 | .. | 7 | 3 | .. | .. | 5 | 1 |
| 10-15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 15-20 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 20-25 | 16 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| 25-35 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 17 | .. | 1 |
| 35-45 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 45-55 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 2 | .. |
| 55-65 | 18 | 5 | .. | 1 | 18 | 6 | .. | 1 |
| 65 and upwards | 8 | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 | 7 | 2 | .. |
| Totals . | 144 | 112 | 20 | 23 | 86 | 69 | 19 | 10 |