[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney] page 135

Hackney 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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TUBERCULOSIS.
During the year under review 221 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis
and 45 cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis were notified
for the first time under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1930.

Table: Since the introduction of compulsory notification of tuberculosis 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.

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Since the introduction of compulsory notification of tuberculosis 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
1938	221	45	266

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The attack-rate per 1,000 of the population for all forms of
tuberculosis notified for the first time in 1938 was 1.29.

Table: The following is a summary of the age and sex distribution of the cases notified and the deaths from this disease during the year:—

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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	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1-5	2	2	3	4	1	2	5	1
5-10	1	2	4	2	..	..	..	1
10-15	3	3	2	1	2	..	..	..
15-20	13	10	7	..	3	6	..	..
20-25	16	26	1	5	2	6	2
25-35	38	25	3	4	13	15	..	..
35-45	12	9	2	1	13	7	2	..
45-55	18	6	1	2	11	4	..	..
55-65	21	4	..	..	18	..	..	..
65 and upwards	5	5	1	2	7	4	1	1
Totals	129	92	24	21	70	44	10	3

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Hackney 1938

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Table: Since the introduction of compulsory notification of tuberculosis 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.

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Table: The following is a summary of the age and sex distribution of the cases notified and the deaths from this disease during the year:—