Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1907
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HACKNEY DISTRICT.
| Notifiable Disease. | At all Ages. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total cases removed to Hospital | |||||||
| North. | Central (H.) | South-East (W.) | South-West. | North. | Central (H.) | South-East (W.) | South-West | |||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 552 | 6 | 214 | 264 | 39 | 28 | 1 | 109 | 173 | 137 | 133 | 77 | 157 | 115 | 121 | 470 |
| Erysipelas | 304 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 168 | 57 | 33 | 55 | 149 | 67 | 6 | 17 | 56 | 20 | 99 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1816 | 20 | 525 | 1059 | 131 | 80 | 1 | 220 | 621 | 494 | 481 | 168 | 579 | 450 | 450 | 1647 |
| Typhus Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Enteric Fever | 109 | .. | 8 | 18 | 38 | 45 | .. | 17 | 45 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 40 | 21 | 17 | 93 |
| Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Continued Fever | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Puerperal Fever | 16 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 13 | .. | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Phthisis | 157 | .. | .. | 5 | 26 | 126 | .. | 29 | 31 | 59 | 38 | 10 | 28 | 51 | 30 | 119 |
| Ce'bro-Spinal Meningitis | 5 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals | 2962 | 37 | 759 | 1372 | 273 | 462 | 59 | 412 | 933 | 870 | 747 | 278 | 827 | 696 | 643 | 2444 |
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Isolation Hospital—Eastern Hospital, Homerton.