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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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TUBERCULOSIS. Of the 242 notifications of tuberculosis received 215 related to pulmonary infection and 27 to non-pulmonary infection.
| Age groups | Primary notifications | Non-primary notifications | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | |||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| 0-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 5-15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 15-25 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 25-45 | 38 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 2 | - |
| 45-65 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | - | - | 1 |
| 65-75 | 10 | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - |
| 75 and upwards | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | - |
| Totals | 85 | 48 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 36 | 6 | 2 |
Primary notifications are those which had not previously been notified.
The sources of information of the 90 non-primary cases were:-
"Transfers" from other areas 76
Death Returns -
Local Registrar 13
Registrar General 1
The attack rate per thousand of the population for all forms of tuberculosis
notified for the first time was 0.90 as compared with 1.08 in 1953 and 1.06
in 1952.
During the year 35 Hackney residents died from tuberculosis in the following age groups:-
| Age Groups | Tuber culosis, respiratory | Tuberculosis, other forms | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| 0-1 | - | - | - | - |
| 1-5 | - | - | - | - |
| 5-15 | - | - | - | - |
| 15-25 | - | - | - | - |
| 25-45 | - | 4 | 1 | - |
| 45-65 | 13 | 3 | - | 2 |
| 65-75 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 75 and upwards | 2 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Totals | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
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 | 882 | 759 | 100 | 113 | 982 | 872 |
| Add: | ||||||
| Notifications | 85 | 48 | 10 | 9 | 95 | 57 |
| Transfers from other areas | 46 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 52 | 38 |
| Returned to Hackney | 5 | 8 | 1 | - | 6 | 8 |
| Transfer from non-respiratory | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Deduct: | ||||||
| Deaths | 36 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 15 |
| Left the Borough | 64 | 55 | 7 | 10 | 71 | 65 |
| Recovered | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 11 |
| Diagnosis not confirmed | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| On Register at 31st December | 901 | 776 | 98 | 108 | 999 | 884 |