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Hackney 1909
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1909
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The death rate from diphtheritic disease for all London for the
same period is .13 per 1,000 living'persons.
During the year, 153 swabbings from throats of persons
suspected to be suffering from diphtheria were bacteriologically
examined, 40 of which gave positive and 107 negative results, and
six were doubtful.
Typhoid or Enteric Fever.—The number of cases of this
disease notified during the year was 59, but of these, 7 were found
at a later date not to have been suffering from typhoid fever, thus
reducing the genuine cases to 52. This is a decline of nine upon
the number of genuine cases notified during 1908. The attack rate
for 1909 is .22 per 1,000 persons living. The chart shows the
disease to be present in the Borough during the whole year, but with
no special incidence upon any particular season.
Of the 59 cases notified, 49 were removed to hospital. This is
equal to 83 per cent. of the total cases notified.
The table below gives the distribution of the cases in the sub-districts of the Borough.
| Sub-Districts. | North. | Central. | South-West. | South-East. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Cases of Typhoid. | 8 | 19 | 10 | 22 |
| Attack Rate per 1,000 living. | .14 | .33 | .16 | .35 |
From this it may be seen that the incidence of the disease was
greater in the Central and South-West sub-districts.
The deaths from enteric or typhoid fever during the year
numbered six. This is equal to an annual mortality of 11.5 per
per 1,000 attacked and 0 025 per 1,000 persons living.