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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TABLE II.—INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Diseases. | Cases Notified | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 . | 4 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards. | North. | Central. | South-East. | South-West. | |||
Small-pox | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Diphtheria | 741 | 11 | 39 | 40 | 57 | 64 | 303 | 66 | 55 | 81 | 21 | 4 | ... | 157 | 146 | 210 | 228 | 728 |
Erysipelas | 41 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 4 | 6 | 2 | 20 | ... | 11 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 26 |
Scarlet Fever | 947 | 8 | 36 | 54 | 85 | 86 | 423 | 113 | 63 | 70 | 6 | 1 | ... | 196 | 222 | 289 | 240 | 907 |
Enteric Fever | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
Paratyphoid Fever | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Puerperal Fever | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 6 | 2 | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | ... | 3 | 10 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 44 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 38 | 4 | ... | ... | 9 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 36 |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Polio Myelitis | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 30 | 30 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 293 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 137 | 49 | 56 | 11 | 73 | 75 | 79 | 66 | 206 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 80 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 4 | ... | 18 | 20 | 23 | 19 | 53 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
Influenzal Pneumonia | 19 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | ... | 7 | 2 | 1 |
Acute Primary Pneumonia | 53 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | ... | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 26 |
Totals | 2,288 | 65 | 82 | 100 | 150 | 160 | 773 | 200 | 164 | 369 | 101 | 101 | 23 | 500 | 510 | 669 | 609 | 2030 |