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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 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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23
TUBERCULOSIS
Of the 165 notifications of Tuberculosis received 152 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
(97 new cases) was 0.59 as compared with 0.53 in 1962 and 0.68 in 1961.

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
MaleFemaleMaleFemal eMaleFemal eMaleFemale
0-12------
1--1-1----
2-22------
5-13--11--
10-31----1-
15-21---1--
20-73-15711
25-1211241110--
35-72--113-1
45-55-121--
55-111--32--
65-41--3---
75-----3---
Totals553327392522

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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
68 non-primary cases were:-
"Transfers" from other areas 64
Posthumous notification 4
In the nine primary non-pulmonary cases the site of the disease was -
Males - 27 years Lumbar Cold Abscess
32 years Cervical Lymph Nodes
Females - l7/12 years Cervical Glands
21 years Cervical Glands
27 years Axilla Glands
30 years Cervical Glands
32 years Kidneys
33 years Abscess of Breast (L)
50 years Renal Tract

Table: The Registrar General's Death Returns indicate that 10 persons in the following age groups died from Tuberculosis:-

The Registrar General's Death Returns indicate that 10 persons in the following age groups died from Tuberculosis:-

Age GroupsTuberculosis, respiratoryTuberculosis, other forms
MaleFemaleMaleFemale
25-441---
45-6411--
65-744-11
75 and over1---
Totals7111