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Hackney 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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38
TUBERCULOSIS
Of the 205 notifications of Tuberculosis received, 189 related to pulmonary
infection, and 16 to non-pulmonary. The attack rate per thousand of the
population for all forms of Tuberculosis notified for the first time (139 new
cases) was 0.84 as compared with 0.74 in 1956 and 0,77 in 1955,
Details of the notified cases are as follows:-
| Age groups | Primary notifications | Non-primary | notifications | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | |||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| 0- | -- | -- | -- | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1- | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 2- | 2 | - | - | - | ||||
| 5- | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | ||
| 10- | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | ||
| 15- | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | ||
| 20- | 4 | 13 | 1 | 11 | - | 1 | ||
| 25- | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | - | 1 |
| 35- | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | - | - |
| 45- | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | ||
| 55- | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | . | |
| 65- | 11 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | |
| 75– | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 83 | 44 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 25 | 1 | 3 |
Primary notifications relate to persons who had not been previously notified
in the area of any authority The sources of information of the 66 non
primary cases were -
"Transfers" from other areas 59
Death Returns - Local Registrar 6
Posthumous notification 1
In the
| Males | 19 years Neck glands | Females | 8 years Skin |
| 28 " Pericardium | 11½" Erythema Nodosum | ||
| 32 " L Knee joint | 13 " Meninges | ||
| 38 " Rectum | 27 " Bladder | ||
| 38 " Bladder | |||
| 59 " Right hip | |||
| 63 " Neck glands | |||
| 79 " Neck glands |
The Registrar General's Death Returns indicate that 21 persons, in the following age groups, died from Tuberculosis
| Age Groups | Tuberculosis resp iratory | Tuberculosi s, other forms | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| 25-44 | 4 | - | - | - |
| 45-64 | 5 | - | - | - |
| 65-74 | 6 | - | 1 | - |
| 75 and over | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| Totals | 18 | 2 | 1 | - |