Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Age Groups | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Male | Female | |
0-1 | _ | _ | _ | |
1-5 | - | - | - | - |
5-15 | - | - | - | 1 |
15-25 | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 |
25-45 | 2 | 5 | _ | _ |
45-65 | 14 | 6 | - | _ |
65-75 | 6 | 1 | _ | |
75 and upwards | 5 | 3 | -- | 1 |
Total | 28 | 15 | 1 | 3 |
The following was the state of the Department's Tuberculosis Notification Register at January 1st and December 31st:-
Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Femal e | Male | Femal e | Male | Female | |
On Register at 1st January | 841 | 733 | 110 | 120 | 951 | 853 |
Notifications | 105 | 62 | 6 | 9 | 111 | 71 |
Transfers from other areas | 44 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 34 |
Returned to Hackney | 3 | 8 | - | - | 3 | 8 |
Transfer from non-respiratory | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Deaths | 37 | 19 | - | 3 | 37 | 22 |
Left the Borough | 80 | 62 | 12 | 7 | 92 | 69 |
Recovered | 21 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 25 |
Transfer to respiratory | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Diagnosis not confirmed | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
On Register at 31st December | 852 | 733 | 100 | 115 | 952 | 848 |
Year | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | Attack Rate per 1,000 population | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TEN YEARS | 1928 | 293 | 80 | 373 | 1.72 |
1929 | 284 | 79 | 363 | 1. 69 | |
1930 | 256 | 70 | 326 | 1. 52 | |
1931 | 256 | 43 | 299 | 1.38 | |
1932 | 275 | 50 | 325 | 1.51 | |
1933 | 274 | 42 | 316 | 1. 47 | |
1934 | 258 | 41 | 299 | 1.41 | |
1935 | 253 | 49 | 302 | 1.48 | |
1936 | 202 | 47 | 249 | 1. 19 | |
1937 | 248 | 56 | 304 | 1. 47 | |
TEN YEARS | 1938 | 221 | 45 | 266 | 1. 29 |
1939 | 213 | 34 | 247 | 1. 27 | |
1940 | 197 | 26 | 223 | 1.32 | |
1941 | 194 | 32 | 226 | 1.82 | |
1942 | 244 | 35 | 279 | 2. 12 | |
1943 | 229 | 28 | 257 | 1.88 | |
1944 | 237 | 41 | 278 | 2.05 | |
1945 | 221 | 29 | 250 | 1.84 | |
1946 | 232 | 17 | 249 | 1.49 | |
1947 | 242 | 23 | 265 | 1.52 | |
FIVE YEARS | 1948 | 249 | 15 | 264 | 1. 52 |
1949 | 246 | 21 | 267 | 1. 54 | |
1950 | 210 | 32 | 242 | 1.41 | |
1951 | 163 | 20 | 183 | 1.07 | |
1952 | 167 | 15 | 182 | 1.06 |