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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Disease. | Electoral Wards. | Registration Sub-Districts. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stamford Hill. | West Hackney. | Kingsland. | Downs. | Clapton Park. | Homerton. | South Hackney. | Hackney. | North. | Central. | South-East. | South-West. | |
| Smallpox | .. | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 14 |
| Chickenpox | 138 | 39 | 37 | 46 | 76 | 122 | 98 | 63 | 213 | 78 | 223 | 105 |
| Scarlet Fever .. | 71 | 35 | 26 | 35 | 116 | 85 | 60 | 42 | 105 | 110 | 152 | 103 |
| Diphtheria | 49 | 16 | 42 | 27 | 101 | 62 | 32 | 27 | 75 | 92 | 100 | 89 |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 14 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 17 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 30 | 49 | 12 | 17 | 26 | 27 | 71 | 30 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 6 |
| Erysipelas | 8 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 32 | 32 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Malaria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Totals | 310 | 120 | 157 | 144 | 388 | 363 | 242 | 170 | 482 | 368 | 637 | 407 |