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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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Summary of persons Lodged and maintained at the Council's Shelter, in Mill fields-road, Clapton, N.E.,
during the year ended 31st December, 1908.
| Month. | No. of Persons admitted. | Cost of Maintenance. | Average period of Stay. | Diseases. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men. | Women. | Children. | Total. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| January | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 days. | 1 Case Scarlet Fever. |
| February | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 „ | 1 Case Scarlet Fever. |
| March | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1.9 ,, | 4 Cases Scarlet Fever. |
| April | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2.4 „ | 2 Cases Diphtheria. |
| 1 Case Scarlet Fever. | |||||||||
| May | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1.8 „ | 1 Case Diphtheria. |
| 2 Cases Scarlet Fever. | |||||||||
| June | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 1.5 ,, | 2 Cases Diphtheria. |
| 1 Case Scarlet Fever. | |||||||||
| July | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.6 „ | 1 Case Diphtheria. |
| 1 Case Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | |||||||||
| August | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1.9 „ | 2 Cases Scarlet Fever. |
| 2 Cases Diphtheria. | |||||||||
| September | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 1.9 „ | 2 Cases Scarlet Fever. |
| October | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 „ | 1 Case Scarlet Fever. |
| November | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 1.7 ,, | 2 Cases Scarlet Fever. |
| December | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 „ | 1 Case Scarlet Fever. |
| 21 | 27 | 39 | 87 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 1.8 days. | ||