Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1920
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TABLE II—HACKNEY BOROUGH.
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-West. | |||
Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Anthrax | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 764 | 23 | 185 | 417 | 89 | 44 | 6 | ... | 129 | 196 | 174 | 265 | 702 |
Erysipelas | 120 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 50 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 36 | 27 | 47 |
Scarlet Fever | 1,077 | 10 | 189 | 748 | 83 | 45 | 2 | ... | 257 | 354 | 248 | 218 | 984 |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Enteric Fever | 14 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | ... | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal Fever | 23 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 19 | ... | ... | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Polio Myelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 33 | 33 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 3 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 410 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 87 | 183 | 83 | 7 | 74 | 78 | 126 | 132 | 259 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 139 | 5 | 19 | 74 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 29 | 44 | 50 | 46 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 10 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ... | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
Influnezal Pneumonia | 42 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 8 |
Pneumonia | 55 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 27 | 8 | 10 |
Malaria | 21 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 17 | ... | ... | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Dysentery | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Trench Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Totals | 2,723 | 84 | 416 | 1,314 | 314 | 404 | 169 | 22 | 555 | 687 | 749 | 2,106 |