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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 1900
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1900
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HACKNEY DISTRICT.
Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the Year 1900.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Cases notified in Whole District. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages.—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| North | C'ntr'l H. | South West. | South East | North | C'ntr'l H. | South West. | South East. | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upw'ds | ||||||||||
| Small-pox | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | ||||||
| Cholera | |||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 603 | 13 | 224 | 255 | 61 | 50 | 90 | 133 | 195 | 185 | 46 | 86 | 155 | 125 | |
| Membranous croup | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Erysipelas | 230 | 12 | 11 | 20 | 42 | 128 | 17 | 33 | 43 | 51 | 103 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 21 |
| Scarlet fever | 678 | 8 | 191 | 364 | 94 | 21 | 114 | 215 | 141 | 208 | 62 | 131 | 99 | 162 | |
| Typhus fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Enteric fever | 219 | 14 | 53 | 66 | 84 | 2 | 35 | 55 | 54 | 75 | 19 | 36 | 38 | 58 | |
| Relapsing fever | |||||||||||||||
| Continued fever | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Puerperal fever | 15 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| Plague | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1769 | 34 | 448 | 696 | 273 | 299 | 19 | 278 | 462 | 446 | 583 | 130 | 262 | 200 | 373 |