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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 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: TABLE II.—INFECTIOUS DISEASE.Notifiable Diseases during the Year1927 (Age groups of notifications).

TABLE II.—INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

Notifiable Diseases during the Year1927 (Age groups of notifications).

Diseases.Cases NotifiedTotal Cases Notified in each Locality.Total cases removed to Hospital.
At Ages—Years.1234
At all AgeUnder 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-pox3............1.........1...1......21...3
Cholera......................................................
Plague......................................................
Anthrax......................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)6441524535659246723765107...106133249156632
Erysipelas481...1114125918...97151720
Scarlet Fever9793284482874241916055...5...208236290245912
Typhus Fever......................................................
Enteric Fever141............31243......345213
Relapsing Fever......................................................
Continued Fever......................................................
Puerperal Fever10........................91......233210
Puerperal Pyrexia66.....................65181...8468458
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis21........................1.........2......1
Polio Myelitis3...............1...11.........11...13
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3838.................................81013711
Pulmonary Tuberculosis3361...12...510361396074889708691233
Other forms of Tuberculosis8032334191371664...1618202651
Encephalitis Lethargica7...............1.........1415...2...1
Influenzal Pneumonia351......1...1...147101012310105
Acute Primary Pneumonia6014312924114127106242029
Malaria......................................................
Dysentery......................................................
Trench Fever......................................................
Chicken-pox2495151221321292346115394762615
Totals2,5747073117167186842313160367111136325306358026071,997