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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 1904
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1904
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HACKNEY DISTRICT.
| Notifiable Disease. | 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—Year3. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards | North. | Central (H.) | South-East (W.) | South-West. | North. | Central (H.) | South-Eat-t (W.) | South-West. | ||
| Small-pox | 13 | ... | ... | 3 | 5 | 5 | ... | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 566 | 11 | 191 | 270 | 50 | 38 | ... | 74 | 117 | 164 | 211 | 47 | 99 | 137 | 182 |
| Membranous croup | 6 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | |
| Erysipelas | 266 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 31 | 167 | 29 | 38 | 55 | 124 | 49 | 5 | 11 | 40 | 13 |
| Scarlet fever | 863 | 9 | 266 | 462 | 89 | 37 | ... | 244 | 232 | 108 | 219 | 202 | 205 | 138 | 188 |
| Typhus fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Enteric fever | 185 | ... | 9 | 53 | 50 | 73 | ... | 34 | 36 | 09 | 46 | 22 | 23 | 58 | 38 |
| Relapsing fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued fever | 3 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal fever | 23 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 16 | ... | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Plapue | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken-pox | 501 | 48 | 253 | 181 | 10 | 3 | ... | 95 | 139 | 149 | 118 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ... |
| Totals | 2426 | 74 | 737 | 999 | 248 | 339 | 29 | 491 | 589 | 690 | 056 | 281 | 344 | 391 | 427 |
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Isolation Hospital—Eastern Hospital, Homerton.
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