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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: Notifiable Diseases during the year 1929 (Age Groups of Deaths).

Notifiable Diseases during the year 1929 (Age Groups of Deaths).

Disease.Total cases notified.Cases removed to Hospital.Age Groups of Deaths.Total deaths at all ages.
Under 11 to 22 to 33 to 44 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 3535 to 4545 to 6565 and upwards.
Small-pox5868.......................................
Cholera.............................................
Plague.............................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)670657...12211732............28
Erysipelas6434...1............1...............6
Scarlet Fever866810......1...........................1
Typhus Fever.............................................
Enteric Fever44.......................................
Paratyphoid Fever44....................................1
Relapsing Fever.............................................
Continued Fever.............................................
Puerperal Fever1110.....................1441...10
Puerperal Pyrexia5247.......................................
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis32......1...........................1
Polio Myelitis21.......................................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3711.......................................
Encephalitis Lethargica33......l........................14
Influenzal Pneumonia3910..............................4311
Acute Primary Pneumonia7035..............................3511
Malaria42.......................................
Dysentery11.......................................
Totals187816891552119454981073