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Hackney 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: TUBERCULOSIS. Notifications of tuberculosis to the number of 209 were received. Of these, 185 related to pulmonary infection and 24 to non-pulmonary infection,

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TUBERCULOSIS. Notifications of tuberculosis to the number of 209 were received. Of these, 185 related to pulmonary infection and 24 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	-	3	1	1	1	-
5-15	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	-
15-25	9	9	1	2	9	9	-	1
25-45	20	22	3	2	17	19	3	-
45-65	26	10	2	-	10	1	-	-
65-75	8	-	-	-	1	2	-	-
75 and upwards	2	-	1	1	1	-	-	-
Totals	67	44	8	10	40	34	5	1

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Primary notifications relate to cases not previously notified. Information
of the 80 non-primary cases was received from: -
"Transfers" from other areas 75
Death Returns - Local Registrar 4
Registrar General
Posthumous notification 1
The attack rate per thousand of the population for all forms of tuberculosis
notified for the first time was 0.77 as compared with 0.90 in 1954 and
1,08 in 1953

Table: The sites of the 18 primary non-pulmonary cases were:-

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The sites of the 18 primary non-pulmonary cases were:-

Males - 10 years	Cervical glands	Females - 2 years	Mediastinal glands
17''	Wrist	2½"	Meninges
33"	Meninges	3 "	Glands of groin
33''	Bladder	7	Cervical glands
41''	Kidney and bladder	14 "	Spine
52''	Kidney	15	Peritoneum
53''	Kidney	21	Cervical glands
80"	Neck glands	25''	Cervical glands
		38''	Endometrium (Uterus)
		82"	Thigh

Table: During the year 17 Hackney residents died from tuberculosis in the following age groups: -

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During the year 17 Hackney residents died from tuberculosis in the following age groups: -

Age Groups	Tuberculosi s respiratory		Tuberculosis other forms
Age Groups	Male	Female	Male	Female
25-45	1	-	1	-
46-65	4	3	1	-
65 - 75	2	2	-	-
75 and upwards	2	1	-	-
Totals	9	6	2	-

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Hackney 1955

Table: TUBERCULOSIS. Notifications of tuberculosis to the number of 209 were received. Of these, 185 related to pulmonary infection and 24 to non-pulmonary infection,

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Table: The sites of the 18 primary non-pulmonary cases were:-

Table: During the year 17 Hackney residents died from tuberculosis in the following age groups: -