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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The Department's Tuberculosis 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 | 901 | 776 | 98 | 108 | 999 | 884 |
| Notifications | 67 | 44 | 8 | 10 | 75 | 54 |
| Transfers from other areas | 40 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 35 |
| Returned to Hackney | 8 | 1 | 1 | _ | 9 | 1 |
| Transferred from non-respiratory | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Deaths | 24 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 9 | |
| Left the Borough | 49 | 56 | 6 | 6 | 55 | 62 |
| Recovered | 11 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 16 |
| Diagnosis not confirmed | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| On Register at 31st December | 931 | 775 | 100 | 111 | 1 031 | 886 |
NOTIFICATION OF TUBERCULOSIS 1931-1955
| Year | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | Rate per 1,000 population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEN YEARS | 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 | |
| 1939 | 213 | 34 | 247 | 1.27 | |
| 1940 | 197 | 26 | 223 | 1.32 | |
| TEN YEARS | 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 | |
| 1948 | 249 | 15 | 264 | 1.52 | |
| 1949 | 246 | 21 | 267 | 1.54 | |
| 1950 | 210 | 32 | 242 | 1.41 | |
| FIVE YEARS | 1951 | 163 | 20 | 183 | 1.07 |
| 1952 | 167 | 15 | 182 | 1.06 | |
| 1953 | 169 | 15 | 184 | 1.08 | |
| 1954 | 133 | 19 | 152 | 0.90 | |
| 1955 | 111 | 18 | 129 | 0.77 |