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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 1908

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1908

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Table: SCARLET FEVER—1907.

SCARLET FEVER—1907.

Nursed at Home.Removed to Hospital.Removal to Hospital after Notification.
Before Receipt of Notification.Same Day as Notification Received.1 Day.2 Days.3 Days.4 Days.6 Day».Over 7 Days.
1198032942751210

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Total Cases Removed, 1133.

Table: The following table shows the distribution of the disease in the respective sub-districts of the Borough.

The following table shows the distribution of the disease in the respective sub-districts of the Borough.

Sub-districts.North.Central.South-West.South-East.
No. of Cases of Scarlet Fever.283337306326
Attack rate per 1,000.5.0605.05.2

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This table shows that scarlet fever was rather more prevalent
in the Central Sub-district than in the remaining sub-districts. The
deaths from scarlet fever numbered 27. This is equivalent to a
mortality rate of 22.2 per 1,000 attacked and 0.1l per 1,000 living
persons.
The mortality for London for the same disease during the same
period is 0.11 per 1,000 living persons.
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.—There were 382 cases
of diphtheria and membranous croup notified in the Borough during
1908, but of these, 31 cases were subsequently found not to be
suffering from diphtheritic disease, thus reducing the genuine cases
of this disease to 351. This is a decrease of 118 upon the number
of genuine cases notified during 1907. The attack rate for the year
1908 is 1.5 per 1,000 living persons.
As may be seen from the chart, the incidence of the disease
was low during the whole year. The number of cases removed