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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 following figures, which relate to the number of persons who died from tuberculosis during the past three years, throw further light upon the matter of the failure of patients to secure medical attention until a late stage of the disease has been reached:—

The following figures, which relate to the number of persons who died from tuberculosis during the past three years, throw further light upon the matter of the failure of patients to secure medical attention until a late stage of the disease has been reached:—

193519361937
Pul.Non-Pul.Pul.Non-Pul.Pul.Non-Pul.
Number of Deaths from Tuberculosis121181281611614
Number of cases only notified at death232121
Do. notified within a month of death204112135
Do. do. 3 months of death ..21116111..
Do. do. 6 months of death ..4114..9..
Number of deaths in cases not notified under Tuberculosis Regulations6312493

Table: London County Council under its tuberculosis scheme. The number of Hackney persons who received residential treatment during the year under the scheme is given below:—

London County Council under its tuberculosis scheme. The number of Hackney persons who received residential treatment during the year under the scheme is given below:—

Dispensary area.Local General Hospitals.Special Tuberculosis Hospitals or Sanatoria (including patients transferred from Local General Hospitals.)
London Chest Hospital82167
Metropolitan Hospital53102
Total135269

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Visits by Tuberculosis Visitors.—The following are particulars
of the home visits paid in 1937 by the Council's Tuberculosis
Visitors:—