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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 1910
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1910
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HACKNEY DISTRICT.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in whole Districts. | 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 | Total cases removed toHospital. | ||||||
| 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-East (W.) | South-West. | |||
| Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 189 | 7 | 76 | 82 | 12 | 12 | ... | 53 | 36 | 54 | 46 | 34 | 32 | 45 | 41 | 152 |
| Erysipelas | 252 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 32 | 149 | 35 | 24 | 59 | 117 | 52 | 9 | 15 | 55 | 18 | 97 |
| Scarlet Fever | 408 | ... | 127 | 236 | 28 | 17 | ... | 109 | 97 | 109 | 93 | 87 | 84 | 102 | 86 | 359 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 64 | ... | ... | 14 | 18 | 32 | ... | 16 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 56 |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 15 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 12 | ... | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | ... | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ce'bro-Spinal Meningitis | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | |
| Hydrophobia | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Phthisis | 288 | ... | 4 | 24 | 38 | 209 | 13 | 33 | 80 | 103 | 72 | 15 | 69 | 67 | 55 | 206 |
| Totals | 1,223 | 17 | 221 | 374 | 132 | 431 | 48 | 237 | 307 | 401 | 278 | 157 | 228 | 286 | 213 | 884 |
(H)—Isolation Hospital—Eastern Hospital, Homerton.
(W)—Hackney Union Infirmary.