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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 1913
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1913
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The distribution of this disease in the Borough may be seen fiom the following table:—
| Sub-Districts. | North. | Central. | South-West. | South-East. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis. | 11 | 33 | 54 | 48 |
| Death-rate per 1,000 living. | .2 | .5 | .9 | .8 |
Measles.—This disease was more prevalent during 1913 than
during the previous year, the deaths during last year being 63,
which is an increase of 50 upon the number registered during
1912. No less than 58 of these deaths occurred amongst children
under 4 years of age. The annual mortality for 1913 from measles
is .3 per 1,000 living, and that for all London is .34 per 1,000 living.
The following table shows the distribution of the deaths from this disease in the different sub-districts of the Borough.
| Sub-Districts. | North. | Central. | South- West. | South-East. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Deaths from Measles. | 10 | 16 | 14 | 23 |
| Mortality-rate per 1,000 living. | .18 | .30 | .24 | .40 |
I received information of 1,180 cases of measles during the
year from headmasters and mistresses occuring amongst the scholars
of elementary schools in the Borough. There were 184 cases of
measles removed to the Metropolitan Asylums Board's hospitals
during the same period.
Whooping-cough.—I received information from the head
masters and mistresses of elementary schools in Hackney of 478