[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney] page 137

Hackney 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: 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:—

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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:—

Area	No. of Cases.	Attack rate per 1,000 persons living.	Death Rate per 1,000 persons living.
The Borough	352	1.71	0.61
Wards—
Ridley	26	1.87	0.36
Downs	34	2.37	0.41
Town Hall	20	1.66	0.58
Graham	19	1.66	0.70
Dalston	16	1.62	0.61
Culford	13	1.62	0.75
Stamford	26	1.52	0.35
Springfield	26	1.63	0.56
Maury	20	1.30	0.84
Southwold	9	0.70	0.23
Leaside	15	1.19	0.55
Marsh	30	2.23	0.81
Wick	29	2.11	0.81
Chatham	23	1.91	1.24
Park	22	1.60	0.58
Tudor	24	2.40	0.62

Table: The total number of notifications received during the year was:—

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The total number of notifications received during the year was:—

		Primary notifications and duplicates.	Notices of admissions to institutions.	Notices of discharges from institutions.
Pulmonary	Males	185	229	184
Pulmonary	Females	157	212	151
Non-Pulmonary	Males	31	13	16
Non-Pulmonary	Females	30	12	22
Totals		403	466	373

Table: efficiency of notification in the area. The following table shows the number of Hackney residents who died from tuberculosis in the past five years without having previously been notified in accordance with the Regulations:—

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efficiency of notification in the area. The following table shows the number of Hackney residents who died from tuberculosis in the past five years without having previously been notified in accordance with the Regulations:—

Year.	Pulmonary Tuberculosis.			Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
	Total Deaths.	Unnotified Deaths.		Total Deaths.	Unnotified Deaths.
	Total Deaths.	Number.	Percentage to Total Deaths.	Total Deaths.	Number.	Percentage to Total Deaths.
1934	156	11	7.0	24	11	45.8
1935	121	8	6.6	18	6	33.3
1936	128	14	10.9	16	5	31.2
1937	116	11	9.5	14	4	28.5
1938	114	5	4.3	13	5	38.4

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Hackney 1938

Table: 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:—

Table: The total number of notifications received during the year was:—

Table: efficiency of notification in the area. The following table shows the number of Hackney residents who died from tuberculosis in the past five years without having previously been notified in accordance with the Regulations:—