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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 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: TABLE II.—INFECTIOUS DISEASE.Notifiable Diseases during the Year1929(Age groups of notifications).

TABLE II.—INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

Notifiable Diseases during the Year1929(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-pox581......11581019103...419251058
Diphtheria6701133514846298773652116i184116189181657
Erysipelas64621159132161013221934
Scarlet Fever856314424562422150575065...177184279216810
Enteric Fever4...............21...1.........13......4
Paratyphoid Fever4...............1......3.........31......4
Puerperal Fever11........................83......124410
Puerperal Pyrexia52.....................34081...121571847
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis3......11..................1...11...12
Polio Myelitis2.....................1...1.........2.........1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3737.................................9961311
Pulmonary Tuberculosis347...1.........6839150438711709010186213
Other forms of Tuberculosis9711324261172877...1716382643
Encephalitis Lethargica3.....................1...1,1...123
Influenzal Pneumonia3913.........112511957915710
Acute Primary Pneumonia7021...319361481591011272335
Malaria4..............................31...121...2
Dysentery1......1.................................1...1
Totals2,322625598100114771261166380116167325094917166061945