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Hackney 1937

[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.
193317125196.91
1934 ..15624180.85
1935 ..12118139.66
1936 ..12816144.68
1937 ..11614130.62

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.
1916-1918363..
1919-192126128.1
1922-192424931 .4
1925-192720942.4
1928-193020842.7
1931-193318549 .0
1934-193615457.6
193713064.1

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 January604535206166
No. of cases notified for the first time during the year1321162333
No. of cases brought to notice otherwise than by notification381886
No. of cases transferred from "Non-Pulmonary" to "Pulmonary"+ 1—1
No. of cases reinstated to the Register1463..
No. of cases removed from the Register during the year on account of having:—
(a) recovered151274
(b) removed from the district65561510
(c) died765067
(d) been inaccurately diagnosed11..
No. of cases remaining on the Register on 31st December631558211183