Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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24
In addition 24 other persons on the Tuberculosis Register were certified
as dying from other causes.
The Department's Tuberculosis Register at 1st January and 31st December showed the following position:-
Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Totals | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
On Register at 1st January | 816 | 640 | 84 | 91 | 900 | 731 |
Add:- | ||||||
Notifications | 55 | 33 | 2 | 7 | 57 | 40 |
Transfers from other areas, etc. | 39 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 27 |
Returned to Hackney | 6 | 6 | - | - | 6 | 6 |
Deduct:- | ||||||
Deaths | 27 | 10 | - | - | 27 | 10 |
Left the Borough | 62 | 43 | 6 | 2 | 68 | 45 |
Recovered | 32 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 39 |
Diagnosis not confirmed | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
From 'Non-pulmonary to Pulmonary' | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
On Register at 31st December | 793 | 615 | 80 | 94 | 873 | 709 |
Year | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Total | Rate per 1,000 population | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TEN YEARS | 1939 | 213 | 34 | 247 | 1.27 |
1940 | 197 | 26 | 223 | 1.32 | |
1941 | 194 | 32 | 226 | 1.82 | |
1942 | 244 | 35 | 279 | 2.12 | |
1943 | 229 | 28 | 257 | 1.88 | |
1944 | 237 | 41 | 278 | 2.05 | |
1945 | 221 | 29 | 250 | 1.84 | |
1946 | 232 | 17 | 249 | 1.49 | |
1947 | 242 | 23 | 265 | 1.52 | |
1948 | 249 | 15 | 264 | 1.52 | |
TEN YEARS | 1949 | 246 | 21 | 267 | 1.54 |
1950 | 210 | 32 | 242 | 1.41 | |
1951 | 163 | 20 | 183 | 1.07 | |
1952 | 167 | 15 | 182 | 1.06 | |
1953 | 169 | 15 | 184 | 1.08 | |
1954 | 133 | 19 | 152 | 0.90 | |
1955 | 111 | 18 | 129 | 0.77 | |
1956 | 114 | 9 | 123 | 0.74 | |
1957 | 127 | 12 | 139 | 0.84 | |
1958 | 112 | 7 | 119 | 0.73 | |
FIVE YEARS | 1959 | 94 | 18 | 112 | 0.69 |
1960 | 92 | 12 | 104 | 0.64 | |
1961 | 100 | 11 | 111 | 0.68 | |
1962 | 79 | 8 | 87 | 0.53 | |
1963 | 88 | 9 | 97 | 0.59 |