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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The Statutes under which these diseases are notifiable are as follow:—
(а) Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
(b) Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912.
(c) Public Health (Cerebro-spinal Fever and Acute Poliomyelitis) Regulations,
1912.
(d) Public Health (Acute Encephalitis Lethargica and Acute Polio-Encephalitis)
Regulations, 1918.
(e) Public Health (Ophthalmia Neonatorum) Regulations, 1926.
(f) Public Health (Notification of Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia)
Regulations, 1926.
(g) Infectious Diseases (London) Regulations, 1927.
(h) Diseases of Animals Act.
(i) Plague Regulations, 1910.
†
| Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Number of Cases admitted to Hospitals. | Number of Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | 493 | 493 | 1 |
| Chickenpox | 648 | 41 | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 930 | 875 | 4 |
| Diphtheria | 669 | 652 | 34 |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 51 | 48 | .. |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 83 | 32 | 10 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 107 | 79 | 8 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | 6 | .. |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | .. | .. | 3 |
| Totals | 3,011 | 2,239 | 69 |
‡Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this table.