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Hackney 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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TABLE II—HACKNEY DISTRICT.

Table: Cases of Infectious Disease Notified, during the Year 1917.

Cases of Infectious Disease Notified, during the Year 1917.

Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in whole Districts.Total Cases Notified in each Locality.Total cases removed to Hospital.
At Ages—Years.1234
At all Ages.Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 45.45 to 65.65 and upwards.North.j Central.[South-East.South-West.
Small Pox.......................................
Cholera.......................................
Plague.......................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)286310713131113...437110171273
Erysipelas121377142552132924402822
Scarlet Fever29227119017111...58976077263
Typhus Fever.......................................
Enteric Fever19...24841...657117
Relapsing Fever.......................................
Continued Fever1............1.........1.........
Puerperal Fever9.........162...32226
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis1737313......357214
Polio Myelitis11..................1............
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2727..................258121
Pulmonary Tuberculosis709...654164379988142148197222316
Other forms of Tuberculosis1614238520171022239643670
Measles1,637856677807431......471234476456103
German Measles6061710831610950512874895176...
Totals3,8861459981,570439538172241,06 76791,0571,0831,085