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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The total number of cases of both forms of the disease which came to notice during the year in the Borough and the Electoral Wards, 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 Borough | 345 | 1.64 |
| Wards— | ||
| Stamford Hill | 67 | 1.89 |
| Downs | 28 | 1.50 |
| West Hackney | 32 | 1.82 |
| Hackney | 52 | 2.08 |
| Kingsland | 32 | 1.59 |
| South Hackney | 40 | 1.84 |
| Clapton Park | 49 | 1.25 |
| Homerton | 45 | 1.41 |
The total number of notifications received during the year was:—
| Form A. | Form I. | Form II. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Males | 158 | 176 | 146 |
| Females | 108 | 173 | 104 | |
| Non-Pulmonary | Males | 26 | 15 | 15 |
| Females | 30 | 8 | 13 | |
| Totals | 322 | 372 | 278 | |
Medical Officers of Health are required by Ministry of Health
Circular 1561 to include in their Annual Reports a note as to the
efficiency of notification in the area.
The following table shows the number of Hackney residents who died from tuberculosis in the past five years without having previously been notified in accordance with the Regulations:—
| Year. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Deaths. | Unnotified Deaths. | Total Deaths. | Unnotified Deaths. | |||
| Number. | Percentage to Total Deaths. | Number. | Percentage to Total Deaths. | |||
| 1932 | 152 | 14 | 9.2 | 24 | 11 | 45.8 |
| 1933 | 171 | 14 | 8.1 | 25 | 8 | 32.0 |
| 1934 | 156 | 11 | 7.0 | 24 | 11 | 45.8 |
| 1935 | 121 | 8 | 6.6 | 18 | 6 | 33.3 |
| 1936 | 128 | 14 | 10.9 | 16 | 5 | 31.2 |