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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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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. Tuberculosis. | Deaths. Tuberculosis. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Respiratory. | Other. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0-1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1-2 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 2-5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| 5-10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 10-15 | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 15-20 | 8 | 11 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 20-25 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| 25-35 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | — |
| 35-45 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | — |
| 45-55 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 55-65 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 11 | 3 | 2 | — |
| 65-75 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 6 | 3 | — | — |
| 75 and upwards | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 79 | 84 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 4 |
The following table shows the age and sex distribution of 75 cases of tuberculosis which came to notice during the year otherwise than by notification under the Regulations:-
| Age Period. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0—1 | - | - | - | - |
| 1—2 | — | 1 | — | — |
| 2—5 | — | — | — | — |
| 5—10 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 |
| 10—15 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| 15—20 | — | 3 | — | — |
| 20—25 | 2 | 9 | 1 | — |
| 25—35 | 12 | 13 | — | — |
| 35—45 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 45—55 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 55—65 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 65—75 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| 75 and upwards | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 30 | 34 | 6 | 5 |