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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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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:—

193619371938
Pul.Non-Pul.Pul.Non-Pul.Pul.Non-Pul.
Number of Deaths from Tuberculosis128161161411413
Number of cases only notified at death212123
Do. notified within a month of death112135174
Do. do. 3 months of death16111..101
Do. do. 6 months of death14..9..17..
Number of deaths in cases not notified under Tuberculosis Regulations1249343

Table: The number of Hackney persons who received residential treatment during the year under the scheme is given below:—

The number of Hackney persons who received residential treatment during the year under the scheme is given below:—

Dispensary area.Treatment provided at
Local General Hospitals.Special Tuberculosis Hospitals or Sanatoria (including patients transferred from Local General Hospitals.)
London Chest Hospital63157
Metropolitan Hospital35121
Total98278

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Visits by Tuberculosis Visitors.—The following are particulars
of the home visits paid in 1938 by the Council's Tuberculosis
Visitors:—