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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
During the year under review 248 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis
and 56 cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis were notified
for the first time under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1930.
Since the introduction of compulsory notification of tuber culosis in 1912 there has been a fairly steady decline in the number of cases notified, as is instanced in the following table of the primary notifications received in each year since 1920.
| 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 |
| 1932 | 275 | 50 | 325 |
| 1933 | 274 | 42 | 316 |
| 1934 | 258 | 41 | 299 |
| 1935 | 253 | 49 | 302 |
| 1936 | 202 | 47 | 249 |
| 1937 | 248 | 56 | 304 |
The attack-rate per 1,000 of the population for all forms of
tuberculosis notified for the first time in 1937 was 1.47.
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 | .. |
| 1-5 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| 5-10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| 10-15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| 15-20 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. |
| 20-25 | 19 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | .. | 1 |
| 25-35 | 35 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 1 | .. |
| 35-45 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | • • | .. |
| 45-55 | 21 | 12 | .. | 3 | 14 | 9 | • • | 1 |
| 55-65 | 11 | 5 | 3 | .. | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 65 and upwards | 4 | 4 | .. | 2 | 8 | 2 | • • | .. |
| Totals | 132 | 116 | 23 | 33 | 67 | 49 | 8 | 6 |