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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 1898
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1898
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The following table gives particulars as to the cases notified.
| Date of notification. | Name. | Age. | Address. | Source of Milk Supply. | Date of Rem'val to Hospital. | School or Workplace attended. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898. 4th March | A.T. | 10 | 10, Tyssen Street. | Condensed. | 4th March | Wilton Road |
| 22nd „ | A.L. | 6 | 7, Tyssen Place. | Frost. | 23rd „ | „ |
| 19th April | J.R. | 8½ | 8, Tyssen Street. | Condensed. | 19th April | Mayfield Rd. School |
| 28th May | L.R. | 7 | 8, Tyssen Street. | „ | 28th May | Mayfield Rd. School. |
| 1st June | L.L. | 8 | 7, Tyssen Place. | Ch'ndl'rs shop in Tys'enPl'ce | 1st June | Wilton Road. |
| 9th „ | W.J.K. | 4 | 16, Tyssen Street. | Condensed. | Mayfield Rd. | |
| 15th „ | K.H. | 3 | 17, Tyssen Street. | Frost and Condensed. | 2lst June | St. Joseph's R.C. |
| 24tb „ | M.V. | 3½ | 15, Tyssen Street. | Frost. | 24th June | Mayfield Rd. |
| 12th July | E.P. | 7 | 23, Tyssen Street. | Various. | 11th July | Wilton Road. |
| 22nd „ | A.V. | 9 | 15, Tyssen Street. | Frost. | 21st July | Mayfield Rd. |
Age and Sex Incidence.—From this table it appears that the
patients were all children, their age varying from 3 to 10 years.
This in itself is uncommon. The total number of admissions to the
Metropolitan Fever Hospitals during the years 1871 to 1897 was
5,872, and of this number only 947 were under ten years of age,
which equals 16 per cent of the total. From these figures the incidence
of the outbreak varies from the normal, and an outbreak
which affects a different class of the community to its usual course
may be expected to vary somewhat in its mode of spread. Of the
total cases 7 were females.
There is no suspicion of infected milk supplies, as the affected
families were supplied from three different sources. The schools
attended by the children were different. I cannot altogether exclude
personal infection of one patient by another, as the class of people
living in the affected locality are much in the habit of associating