Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The number of deaths from tuberculosis and the death-rate in each of the past five years are given below:—
Year. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | Death-rate. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1933 | 171 | 25 | 196 | .91 |
1934 .. | 156 | 24 | 180 | .85 |
1935 .. | 121 | 18 | 139 | .66 |
1936 .. | 128 | 16 | 144 | .68 |
1937 .. | 116 | 14 | 130 | .62 |
In the following table the deaths from tuberculous disease in the Borough for the last 22 years are shown grouped in periods of three years:—
Three-year periods. | Annual average number of deaths from Tuberculous Disease. | Percentage decrease on the period 1916-1918. |
---|---|---|
Per cent. | ||
1916-1918 | 363 | .. |
1919-1921 | 261 | 28.1 |
1922-1924 | 249 | 31 .4 |
1925-1927 | 209 | 42.4 |
1928-1930 | 208 | 42.7 |
1931-1933 | 185 | 49 .0 |
1934-1936 | 154 | 57.6 |
1937 | 130 | 64.1 |
The Regulations require the Medical Officer of Health to
furnish the County Medical Officer of Health at the end of each
quarter with a statement compiled from the register of notifications.
The following is a summary of the quarterly returns under the Regulations during the year:—
Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | |
No. of cases on the Register of Notifications on 1st January | 604 | 535 | 206 | 166 |
No. of cases notified for the first time during the year | 132 | 116 | 23 | 33 |
No. of cases brought to notice otherwise than by notification | 38 | 18 | 8 | 6 |
No. of cases transferred from "Non-Pulmonary" to "Pulmonary" | + 1 | —1 | ||
No. of cases reinstated to the Register | 14 | 6 | 3 | .. |
No. of cases removed from the Register during the year on account of having:— | ||||
15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | |
65 | 56 | 15 | 10 | |
(c) died | 76 | 50 | 6 | 7 |
(d) been inaccurately diagnosed | 1 | 1 | .. | |
No. of cases remaining on the Register on 31st December | 631 | 558 | 211 | 183 |