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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The following table shows the age and sex distribution of 86 cases of tuberculosis which came to notice during the year other wise than by notification under the Regulations:—
| Age Period | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0-1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1-5 | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 5-10 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| 10-15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 15-20 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .. |
| 20-25 | 7 | 6 | l | 1 |
| 25-35 | 6 | 16 | l | l |
| 35-45 | 5 | 6 | .. | l |
| 45-55 | 4 | 2 | .. | l |
| 55-65 | 3 | .. | .. | .. |
| 65 and upwards | 2 | .. | .. | l |
| Totals .. | 32 | 7 | 7 | |
The sources from which information of these cases was obtained were as follows:—
| Source of Information. | No. of Cases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | ||
| Death Returns | From local Registrars | ||
| From Registrar-General | .. | 1 | |
| Posthumous Notifications | |||
| "Transfers" from other areas (other than transferable deaths) | |||
| Other Sources | .. | .. | |
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 and death-rates per 1,000 persons
living, is shown in the following table:—