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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 1915
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1915
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TABLE II.- HACKNEY DISTRICT.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in whole Districts. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | North. | Central | South-East | SoutH-We | |||
| Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup; | 355 | 12 | 120 | 177 | 27 | 18 | 1 | ... | 79 | 67 | 104 | 105 | 317 |
| Erysipelas | 224 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 36 | 66 | 64 | 25 | 23 | 75 | 67 | 59 | 36 |
| Scarlet Fever | 732 | 3 | 167 | 444 | 81 | 35 | 2 | ... | 130 | 247 | 180 | 175 | 685 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 31 | ... | ... | 9 | 7 | 17 | 1 | ... | 3 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 29 |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 6 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 34 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ... | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| Polio Myelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 26 | 20 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 13 | 7 | ... |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 531 | ... | 8 | 40 | 130 | 246 | 98 | 9 | 109 | 124 | 146 | 152 | 308 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 150 | ... | 36 | 65 | 31 | 16 | ... | ... | 34 | 29 | 46 | 41 | 61 |
| Chicken Pox | 142 | 13 | 50 | 74 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 18 | 38 | 44 | 42 | 2 |
| Anthrax | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Totals | 2,240 | 02 | 396 | 845 | 324 | 407 | 172 | 31 | 411 | 617 | 619 | 593 | 1,473 |