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Hackney 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.
The following diseases are compulsorily notifiable in Hackney:—
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica. Erysipelas.
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia. Glanders.
Acute Polioencephalitis. Hydrophobia.
Acute Poliomyelitis. Malaria.
Acute Primary Pneumonia Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Cerebro-spinal Fever. Plague.
Cholera. Puerperal Fever.
Continued Fever Puerperal Pyrexia.
Diphtheria (or Membranous Croup). Relapsing Fever.
Dysentery. Scarlatina (or Scarlet Fever).
Enteric (Typhoid or Paratyphoid) Smallpox.
Fever Tuberculosis.
Typhus Fever.
†
| Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Number of Cases admitted to Hospitals. | Number of Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | 1 | 1 | . . |
| Scarlet Fever | 909 | 810 | 5 |
| Diphtheria | 517 | 510 | 27 |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 2 | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 21 | 21 | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 80 | 75 | 2 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 198 | 142 | 28 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 18 | 13 | 6 |
| Erysipelas | 119 | 96 | 13 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 21 | 14 | .. |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | 1 | .. |
| Malaria | 2 | 1 | .. |
| Poliomyelitis | 4 | 4 | .. |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Totals | 1,901 | 1,694 | 87 |
†Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this table.