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 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . , | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 909 | 1 | 20 | 46 | 61 | 84 | 325 | 188 | 67 | 95 | 17 | 5 | .. |
Diphtheria | 517 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 40 | 50 | 241 | 60 | 23 | 39 | 3 | 4 | .. |
Enteric Fever | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | . . | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 6 | .. | .. |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 80 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 63 | 10 | 1 | .. |
Acute Primary Pneumonia | 198 | 9 | 12 | .. | .. | 7 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 29 | 32 | 19 |
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
Erysipelas | 119 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 38 | 21 |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 21 | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
Malaria | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
Poliomyelitis | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Dysentery | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 1901 | 47 | 51 | 82 | 107 | 142 | 586 | 261 | 120 | 285 | 90 | 88 | 42 |
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this Table.