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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 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: TABLE II.—INFECTIOUS DISEASE.Notifiable Diseases during the Year 1928 (Age groups of notifications).

TABLE II.—INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

Notifiable Diseases during the Year 1928 (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 4 .4 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 3535 to 4545 to 6565 and upwards.North.Central.South-East.South-West.
Small-pox1...........................1.........1......1
Diphtheria7411139405764303665581214...157146210228728
Erysipelas411............5...46220...119111026
Scarlet Fever947836548586423113637061...196222289240907
Enteric Fever11.........1...321211...235111
Paratyphoid Fever6............1.........221...12125
Puerperal Fever10.....................262......52...310
Puerperal Pyrexia44.....................2384......91681136
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis311.........1..................1...113
Polio Myelitis2...1.........1..................1...1...2
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3030.................................410978
Pulmonary Tuberculosis2931......11762413749561173757966206
Other forms of Tuberculosis8021327208121564...1820231953
Encephalitis Lethargica7.....................1123...2237
Influenzal Pneumonia198.....................513210...721
Acute Primary Pneumonia533434185...6487102251626
Totals2,2886582100150160773200164369101101235005106696092030