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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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26
TUBERCULOSIS
Of the total 196 notifications of Tuberculosis received,, 184
related to pulmonary infection and 12 to non-pulmonary.
The attack rate (123 new cases) per thousand of the population for
all forms of Tuberculosis notified for the first time was 0.74 as compared
with 0.77 in 1955 and 0.90 in 1954.
Details of the notified cases are as follows:-
| Age groups | Primary notifications | Non-primary notificaiions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non -pulmonary | |||||
| Male | Female | Mai e | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| 0 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 15 | 6 | 4 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| 20 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | - |
| 25 | 12 | 10 | 1 | - | 21 | 13 | - | 1 |
| 35 | 12 | 8 | 1 | - | 6 | 4 | - | - |
| 45 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | - |
| 55 | 14 | 2 | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - |
| 65 | 9 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 75 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 77 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 47 | 23 | 2 | 1 |
Primary notifications relate to persons who had not been previously
notified in the area of any authority. The sources of information of
the 73 non-primary cases were:-
"Transfers" from other areas 68
Death Returns - Local Registrar 4
Posthumous notification 1
In the primary non-pulmonary cases the site of the disease was j
Males- 22 years Elbow joint
33 " Testis
41 " Kidney
49 " Meninges
Females - 17 years Knee joint
22 " Renal tract
48 " Kidney
50 " Renal tract
54 " Kidney
During the year 18 Hackney residents died from Tuberculosis in the following age groups:-
| Age Groups | Tuberculosis respiratory | Tuberculosis other forms | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| 25 - 44 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 45 - 64 | 8 | 2 | - | - |
| 65 - 74 | 4 | - | - | - |
| 75 and over | 3 | - | - | - |
| Totals | 16 | 2 | - | - |