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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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Table: 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:—

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:—

AreaNo. of Cases.Attack rate per 1,000 persons living.
The Borough3741.80
Wards—
Stamford Hill671.92
Downs321.73
West Hackney331.90
Hackney471.90
Kingsland221.10
South Hackney532.47
Clapton Park641.65
Homerton561.78

Table: The total number of notifications received during the year was:—

The total number of notifications received during the year was:—

Primary notifications and duplicates.Notices of admissions to institutions.Notices of discharges from institutions.
PulmonaryMales170209152
Females152207161
Non-PulmonaryMales25614
Females351512
Totals382437339

Table: 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:—

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:—

Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Total Deaths.Unnotified Deaths.Total Deaths.Unnotified Deaths.
Number.Percentage to Total Deaths.Number.Percentage to Total Deaths.
1933171148.125832.0
1934156117.0241145.8
193512186.618633.3
19361281410.916531.2
1937116119.514428.5