London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Disease | Eleotoral Wards. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridley | Downs | Town Hall | Graham | Dalston | Culford | Stamford | Springfield | Maury | Southwold | Leaside | Marsh | Wick | Chatham | Park | Tudor | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 19 | |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 4 | |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | .. | 4 | 3 | |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | .. | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | i | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
| Measles | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
| Totals | 54 | 46 | 27 | 25 | 34 | 34 | 55 | 68 | 49 | 46 | 38 | 64 | 41 | 24 | 45 | 55 | |