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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 1905

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1905

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Table: Summary of persons lodged and maintained at the Council's Shelter, in Millfields-road, Clapton, N.E.,during the year ended31stDecember,1905.

Summary of persons lodged and maintained at the Council's Shelter, in Millfields-road, Clapton, N.E.,during the year ended31stDecember,1905.

Month.No. of Persons admitted.Cost of Maintenance.Average period of Stay.Diseases.
Men.Women.Children.Total.£s.d.
January334101502 days.2 Cases of Scarlet Fever. 1 Case Diphtheria.
February..................
March3512209007.2 days.2 Cases Small-pox. 2 ,, Diphtheria. 1 Case Scarlet Fever.
April11241002 „1 ,, Enteric. 4 Cases Scarlet Fever.
May568192762 „1 Case Diphtheria.
June..123..762 „1 „ „
July12691262 „1 „ „ 2 Cases Scarlet Fever.
Augusta2..4..1002 ,,2 „ „
Septemberl247..1762 „2 „ „
October344111762 „3 „ „ 1 ,, Diphtheria.
NovemberI1..2..502 ,,1 ,, Scarlet Fever.
DecemberI2141002 „1 „ 1 ,, Diphtheria.
2129439318262.4 days.