London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1933
[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 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1,097 | 1 | 32 | 68 | 100 | 93 | 483 | 185 | 50 | 68 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 385 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 31 | 39 | 169 | 52 | 20 | 40 | 3 | 1 | |
| Enteric Fever | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 13 | 12 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 83 | 11 | 62 | 10 | |||||||||
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 125 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 13 | 28 | 9 | |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 83 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 12 | 20 | 15 | |||
| Erysipelas | 130 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 14 | 49 | 18 | |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Polioencephalitis | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1,963 | 27 | 48 | 94 | 139 | 137 | 672 | 255 | 119 | 256 | 70 | 101 | 45 |
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this Table.