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. | At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||
| Smallpox | 34 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 6 | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 631 | 5 | 20 | 40 | 50 | 63 | 271 | 95 | 29 | 48 | 6 | 4 | .. |
| Diphtheria | 288 | 14 | 16 | 24 | 21 | 25 | 92 | 29 | 18 | 36 | 6 | 7 | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 84 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 66 | 6 | .. | .. |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 147 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | .. | 15 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 14 | 35 | 11 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 29 | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 124 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 49 | 21 | |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 6 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 27 | 27 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. |
| Polioencephalitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Malaria | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Totals | 1395 | 50 | 41 | 77 | 79 | 92 | 384 | 141 | 94 | 235 | 52 | 117 | 33 |
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this Table.
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