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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 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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27
TUBERCULOSIS
Of the 205 notifications of Tuberculosis received, 192 related to
pulmonary infection and 13 to non pulmonary The attack rate per thousand of
the population for all forms of Tuberculosis notified for the first time
(119 new cases) was 0.73 as compared with 0.84 in 1957 and 0.74 in 1956

Table: Details of the notified cases are as follows: -

Details of the notified cases are as follows: -

Age groupsPrimary notificationsNon primary notifications
PulmonaryNon-pulmonaryPulmonaryNon-pulmonary
MaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemale
0 ---1.----
1 --1------
2 -211-----
5 -22-----
10 -311---1-
15 -33--1--
20 -128-410--
25 -101211211621
35 -1451-97-2
45 -121--53--
55 -8---1---
65 -9-1-3---
75 -3-------
Totals783461433733

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Primary notifications relate to persons who had not been previously
notified in the area of any authority The sources of information of the
86 non-primary cases were:-
"Transfers" from other areas 84
Death Returns - Local Registrar 1
Posthumous notification 1
In the primary non pulmonary cases the site of the disease was:-
Males - 8 months Left Axillary Gland
4 years Meninges
13 years Erythema Nodosum
29 years Left Cervical Nodes
35 years Psoas Abscess
71 years Right Kidney
Females 30 years Cervical Adenitis.

Table: The Registrar General's Death Returns indicate that 18 persons in the following age groups, died from Tuberculosis: -

The Registrar General's Death Returns indicate that 18 persons in the following age groups, died from Tuberculosis: -

Age groupsTuberculosis, respiratoryTuberculosis other forms
MaleFemaleMaleFemale
25 - 4423--
45 - 643---
65 - 748-1-
75 and over-1--
Totals1341-