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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Disease. | Cases Notified. | No. of cases admitted to Hospitals | No. of Deaths | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||||||||||
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. | ||||
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 17 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
Acute Primary Pneumonia | 76 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 61 | 7 | |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 32 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 7 | ||||
Diphtheria | 84 | .. | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 1 | .. | 83 | 3 | |
Encephalitis Lethargica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |||
Enteric Fever | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | 13 | .. | |
Erysipelas | 58 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 24 | 6 | 36 | ||
Dysentery | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | |||||
Measles | 659 | 61 | 106 | 83 | 265 | 18 | 6 | .. | .. | 151 | .. | ||||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum .. | 14 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | .. |
Poliomyelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Puerperal Fever | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Puerperal Pyrexia | 52 | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 31 | 11 | .. | .. | 52 | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 62 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 3 | .. | 131 | .. | ||
Whooping Cough | 516 | 52 | 71 | 80 | 139 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 156 | 2 | |||
Totals | 1,675 | 101 | 156 | 205 | 167 | 183 | 509 | 54 | 70 | 104 | 45 | 56 | 25 | 745 |
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this Table.