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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 1904
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1904
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Summary of persons lodged and maintained at Council's Shelter, in Aftllfields-road, Clapton, N.E., during
the year ended 31st December, 1904.
| Month. | No. of Persons admitted. (All causes.) | Cost of Maintenance, | Average period of stay. | Diseases. | No. of Persons Admitted for bath only. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men. | Women. | Children | Total. | £ | s | d. | ||||
| January | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 2.06 days | 1 Case of Diphtheria | |
| 1 ,, Smallpox | ||||||||||
| 2 Cases of Enteric | ||||||||||
| February | 3 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 ,, | 1 Case of Diphtheria | |
| 1 ,, Scarlet Fever | ||||||||||
| 1 ,, Smallpox | ||||||||||
| March | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 3,, | 1 ,, Scarlet Fever | ||
| April | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 ,, | 1 ., Scarlet Fever | |
| 1 ,, Enteric ,, | ||||||||||
| May | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 ,, | 1 ,, Diphtheria | ||
| June | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 ,, | 1 ,, Diphtheria | ||
| July | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 ,, | 2 Cases of Scarlet Fever | |
| 2 „ Diphtheria | ||||||||||
| August | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 ,, | 1 Case of Diphtheria | ||
| September | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2.25 | 3 Cases of Scarlet Fever | |
| 1 Case of Diphtheria | 2 | |||||||||
| October | 8 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 ,, | 1 ,, Enteric Fever | 1 |
| 7 Cases of Scarlet Fever | ||||||||||
| November | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 2 ,, | 2 „ Scarlet Fever | ||
| December | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 ,, | 1 Case of Diphtheria | 6 | |
| 25 | 32 | 55 | 112 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 2.11 days | 9 | ||