Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Disease. | Cases Notified. | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 2. | 2 to 3. | 3 to 4. | 4 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||
Smallpox | 493 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 93 | 71 | 90 | 112 | 39 | 43 | 4 | |
Chickenpox | 648 | 24 | 37 | 53 | 82 | 348 | 62 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .. | |
Scarlet Fever | 930 | 4 | 51 | 62 | 418 | 131 | 53 | 75 | 11 | 3 | 1 | ||
Diphtheria | 669 | 23 | 46 | 55 | 71 | 259 | 74 | 41 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 2 | |
Enteric Fever | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 51 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 35 | 7 | 3 | .. |
Acute Primary Pneumonia | 83 | 4 | 3 | 6 | .. | 5 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 7 |
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |||
Erysipelas | 107 | 5 | .. | .. | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 41 | |||
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ||
Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Totals | 3011 | 67 | 83 | 145 | 184 | 270 | 1139 | 351 | 219 | 315 | 97 | 114 |
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this Table.