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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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intervals to the Mothers Hospital, Hackney, and five visits to Hackney
Hospital, The number of examinations made at these locations were 1,461
and 1,381 respectively The incidence of tuberculosis found in the expectant
mothers examined was very low
During the visits to Hackney Hospital routine X-ray examination of the
staff was carried out This included 54 male examinees.
TABLE I - Summary of persons examined
| Number examined | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | ||
| Town Hall, Mare Street, Hackney | 3,042 | 3,268 | 6,310 | |
| St. James' Church Hall, Clapton Pond | 1, 549 | 1,714 | 3,263 | |
| Hackney Downs School | 537 | 31 | 568 | |
| Mothers' Hospital (4 visits) | - | 1,461 | 1,461 | |
| Hackney Hospital (5 visits) | 54 | 1,327 | 1,381 | |
| Total number examined | 5, 182 | 7,801 | 12,983 | |
TABLE II - Number examined by age groups (this table includes 170 persons at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, which is in the Borough of Bethnal Green)
| Under 14 | 14 | 15- 19 | 20- 24 | 25- 34 | 35- 44 | 45-54 | 55-59 | 60-64 | 65- | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | 395 | 275 | 510 | 439 | 1,230 | 1,092 | 766 | 198 | 153 | 152 | 5,210 | |
| Female | 115 | 399 | 1,044 | 1,296 | 2,402 | 1,352 | 824 | 241 | 163 | 107 | 7,943 | |
| Totals | 510 | 674 | 1,554 | 1,735 | 3,632 | 2,444 | 1, 590 | 439 | 316 | 259 | 13,153 | |
| Percentage | 3.87 | 5.12 | 11.81 | 13.19 | 27.61 | 18.58 | 12.09 | 3.38 | 2.40 | 1.94 | ||
It will be noted from table II that there was a good coverage of all
age groups between the ages of 15-55 The numbers examined over the age of
55 was rather low - approximately 7% of the total As there is a shift of
the incidence of tuberculosis towards the older age groups, it is hoped that
in future surveys we will be able to attract more of the old population
TABLE III - Analysis of Hackney Town Hall and St James3 Hall Surveys
| Centres | Number examined | Active Tuberculosis | Cases of Carcinoma | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | |
| Hackney Town Hall | 3,042 | 3,268 | 6,310 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| St, James Church Hall, Clapton Pond | 1,549 | 1,714 | 3,263 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Totals | 4,591 | 4,982 | 9,573 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Rates per | 1,000 | 1.96 | 1.00 | 1.46 | - | - | - | ||
It will be seen that amongst the general public and industrial workers
there was an incidence of active tuberculosis amongst males of 1.96 per
thousand examinees, and amongst females of 100, the overall rate being 1.46
per thousand These figures are gratifyingly low and may, to some extent,
indicate the value of repeated visits of the Mass Radiography Unit The
special surveys of expectant mothers and Hackney Downs School pupils did not
yield any significant figures "