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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 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: The sources from which information of these cases was obtained were as follows:—

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 Registrars2-
—From Registrar-General2—
Posthumous Notifications51
"Transfers" from other areas (other than transferable deaths)339
Other Sources——
Totals4210

Table: The number of deaths from tuberculosis and the death-rate in each of the past five years are given below:—

The number of deaths from tuberculosis and the death-rate in each of the past five years are given below:—

Year.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Total.Death-rate.
1941127151421.14
19428616102.77
194311017127.93
19449213105.77
194582486.61

Table: In the following table the deaths from tuberculous disease in the Borough since 1916 are shown grouped in periods of three years:—

In the following table the deaths from tuberculous disease in the Borough since 1916 are shown grouped in periods of three years:—

/ Three-Year Periods.Annual average number of deaths from Tuberculous Disease.Percentage decrease on the period 1916-1918.
1916-1918363Per cent.
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1919-192126128.1
1922-192424921.4
1925-192720942.4
1928-193020842.7
1931-193318549.0
1934-193615457.6
1937-193912765.0
1940-194212366.1
1943-194510670.8