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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Disease. | Electoral Wards. | Registration Sub-Districts. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stamford Hill. | West Hackney. | Kingsland. | Downs. | Clapton Park. | Homerton. | South Hackney. | Hackney. | North. | Central. | South-East. | South-West. | |
| Smallpox | 6 | .. | 2 | .. | 7 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 5 |
| Scarlet Fever | 115 | 50 | 39 | 45 | 143 | 128 | 52 | 59 | 186 | 141 | 181 | 123 |
| Diphtheria | 43 | 31 | 15 | 20 | 92 | 48 | 16 | 23 | 74 | 89 | 76 | 49 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 14 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 20 | 12 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 13 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 29 | 25 | 21 | 24 | 33 | 57 | 33 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| Erysipelas | 14 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 30 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 47 | 25 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | .. | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Polioencepalitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Poliomyelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Malaria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Totals | 223 | 108 | 97 | 97 | 346 | 261 | 127 | 136 | 366 | 336 | 422 | 271 |
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this Table.
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