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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Primary notifications are those which had not previously been notified. The
sources of information of the 71 non-primary cases were:-
"Transfers" from other areas 66
Death Returns -
Local Registrar 2
Registrar General 1
Posthumous notifications 2
The attack rate per thousand of the population for all forms of tuberculosis
notified for the first time was 1.08 as compared with 1.06 in 1952 and
1.07 in 1951.
During the year 24 Hackney residents died from tuberculosis in the following age groups: -
| Age Groups | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| 15-25 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 25-45 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| 45-65 | 9 | - | - | - |
| 65-75 | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| 75 and upwards | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
The Department's Tuberculosis Notification Register at January 1st and December 31st showed the following position:-
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| On Register at 1st January | 852 | 733 | 100 | 115 | 952 | 848 |
| Notifications | 103 | 66 | 8 | 7 | 111 | 73 |
| Transfers from other areas .. | 30 | 35 | - | 6 | 30 | 41 |
| Returned to Hackney | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 |
| Transfer from non-respiratory | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Deaths | 29 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 15 |
| Left the Borough | 72 | 58 | 5 | 8 | 77 | 66 |
| Recovered | 10 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 |
| Transfer to respiratory | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Diagnosis not confirmed | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| On Register at 31st December | 882 | 759 | 100 | 113 | 982 | 872 |
| Year | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | Pate per 1,000 population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEN YEARS | 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 | |
| 1938 | 221 | 45 | 266 | 1.29 |