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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 1916

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1916

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Table: TABLE II.—HACKNEY DISTRICT.Cases of Infectious Disease Notified, during the Year1916.

TABLE II.—HACKNEY DISTRICT.

Cases of Infectious Disease Notified, during the Year1916.

Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in whole Districts. *Total Cases Notified in each Locality.Total cases removed to Hospital.
At all Ages.At Ages—Years.1234
Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 45.45 to 65.65 and upwards.North.CentralSouth-EastSouth-West
Small Pox.......................................
Cholera.......................................
Plague.......................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)351412517134134...638810298336
Erysipelas16591012284742174032573635
Scarlet Fever39721112373692...1069192108373
Typhus Fever.......................................
Enteric Fever22...258421736324
Relapsing Fever.......................................
Continued Fever3......1...11...12.........
Puerperal Fever8......17.........21416
Cerebro-Spina Meningitis247682l......378620
Polio Myelitis213153............366612
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3030..................79113...
Pulmonary Tuberculosis5751116212426310311108124192151348
Other forms of Tuberculosis1581025861715412834514567
Measles1,41268749556327......20339146035836
German Measles230123712230272...133214135...
Totals3,3961461,0911,264318387160307041,1091,0331,2501,257