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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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23
TUBERCULOSIS
Of the 149 notifications of Tuberculosis received, 135 related to
pulmonary infection and 14 to non-pulmonary. The attack rate per thousand
of the population for all forms of Tuberculosis notified for the first time
(87 new cases) was 0,53 as compared with 0.68 in 1961 and 0.64 in 1960.
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 | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| 5 - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 10 - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 15 - | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| 20 - | 4 | 6 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 - | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 - | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | 6 | 7 | - | - |
| 45 - | 7 | 4 | - | 2 | 6 | 2 | - | 1 |
| 55 - | 8 | 3 | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - |
| 65 - | 8 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - |
| 75 - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Totals | 45 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 2 | 4 |
Primary notifications relate to persons who had not been previously
notified in the area of any authority. The sources of information of the
62 non-primary cases were:-
"Transfers" from other areas 57
Posthumous notification 5
In the eleven
| Males | 26 | years | Meninges |
| 28 | years | Groin | |
| 37 | years | Cervical glands | |
| Females | 20 | years | Peritoneum |
| 27 | years | Adenitis | |
| 30 | years | R. Axillary lymph nodes | |
| 46 | years | Ganglion - left hand | |
| 49 | years | Cervical adenitis |
The Registrar General's Death Returns indicate that 13 persons in the following age groups, died from Tuberculosis:-
| Age Groups | Tuberculosis | respiratory | Tuberculosis, | other forms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| 25-44 | 1 | - | - | |
| 45-64 | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| 65-74 | 5 | - | 1 | - |
| 75 and over | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Totals | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 |