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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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Table: Enquiries were made in each of the 19 instances in which tuberculous persons died in 1936 without having been notified and the results of these enquiries are summarised below:—

Enquiries were made in each of the 19 instances in which tuberculous persons died in 1936 without having been notified and the results of these enquiries are summarised below:—

Pulmonary Cases.
1. Notified after deathSeen by a District Medical Officer at a common lodging house, admitted forthwith to Hackney Hospital and died five days after admission.
2.„ „ „Died on day following admission to Hackney Hospital. Diagnosis of tuberculosis made after death.
3. UnnotifiedInmate of a mental hospital.
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5. „First seen by Hackney medical practitioner two months before death. Had suffered from tuberculosis for seven years and had received sanatorium treatment. Notified in another district.
6. „First seen by doctor three days before death. Removed to hospital where he died six hours after admission.
7. „Under care of a medical practitioner for three months before death. Notification inadvertently omitted.
8.„Sudden death. Diagnosed at post-mortem examination. Inquest held.
9. „Admitted to hospital suffering from measles, diagnosed as a case of tuberculosis and notification overlooked.
10. „Died at home. Death certified by Coroner after post-mortem examination.
11. „Admitted to hospital for treatment of Addison's disease. Developed tuberculous bronchopneumonia shortly before death.
12. „Died at home after an illness of six weeks' duration. Notification inadvertently omitted.
13. „Admitted to Hackney Hospital suffering from peritonitis following appendisectomy. Tuberculosis was diagnosed shortly before death, which occurred six days after admission.
14. „Treated for mitral stenosis for eight weeks. Admitted to hospital suffering from pneumonia. Found at post-mortem examination to have suffered from tuberculosis and death certified accordingly by the Coroner.
Non-Pulmonary Cases.
1. Notified after deathPatient died from tuberculous meningitis three days after admission to Hackney Hospital. Notified on day following death.
2. UnnotifiedDied in hospital. Diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis made when patient was in moribund condition.