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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 1914
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1914
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subsequently found not to be suffering from this disease, thus
reducing the number of genuine cases to 23. This is a decline of
10 on the number of genuine cases notified during 1913. The
attack rate is.1 per 1,000 living.
Of the 29 cases notifed, 19 were removed to the hospital.
This is equal to 65 per cent. of the total notified.
The cases occurred mostly in the last three months of the year,
but isolated cases were notified at intervals during the whole year.
The table below gives the distribution of the notified cases in the sub-districts of the Borough:-
| Sub-Districts. | North. | Central. | South-West. | South-East. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Cases of Typhoid. | 2 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
From this table it is evident that most of the cases occurred
in the south-east sub-district.
The deaths from enteric fever in the Borough last year
numbered 7. This is equal to a mortality rate of 30 per cent,
attacked and .03 per 1,000 living.
During 1914 specimens of blood from 23 persons suspected to
be suffering from enteric fever were submitted to Widal's test.
Of these, 4 gave a positive and 19 a negative reaction.
The mortality from enteric fever for the same period is -03 per
1,000 living.
Continued Fever.—Two cases of fever were notified as continued
fever during the year.
Typhus Fever.—No case of this disease was notified in the
Borough during the year.