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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 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: TABLE II.- HACKNEY BOROUGH.Notifiable Diseases during the Year1924(Age groups of notifications).

TABLE II.- HACKNEY BOROUGH.

Notifiable Diseases during the Year1924(Age groups of notifications).

Diseases.Cases NotifiedTotal Cases Notified in each Locality.Total cases removed to Hospital.
At all Ages.At Ages— Years.1234
Under 1.1 to 22 to 33 to 44 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 3535 to 4545 to 6565 and upwards.North.Central.South-East.South-West.
Small-pox......................................................
Cholera......................................................
Plague......................................................
Anthrax......................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)546540416049169843648103111818515687522
Erysipelas48...1......123267215512151615
Scarlet Fever52832339428219675263381...154105115154494
Typhus Fever......................................................
Enteric Fever8.....................3131...12236
Relapsing Fever......................................................
Continued Fever......................................................
Puerperal Fever11........................101......44128
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis8212......1......2.........22138
Polio Myelitis2.........1...1...........................22
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2525.................................448910
Pulmonary Tuberculosis334...1.........694414453725737310583216
Other forms of Tuberculosis11513898291910851412924303257
Encephalitis Lethargica34......2......27286521269723
Influenzal Pneumonia9........................1...5323221
Acute Primary Pneumonia34...211122177732716921
Malaria......................................................
Dysentery......................................................
Trench Fever......................................................
Totals1,702367193113141408199124268100129204064274604091,383