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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Disease. | Electoral Wards. | Registration Sub-Districts. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stamford Hill. | Downs. | West Hackney. | Hackney. | Kingsland. | South Hackney. | Clapton Park. | Homerton. | Hackney North. | Hackney South-West. | Hackney South-East. | |
| Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 147 | 69 | 81 | 120 | 78 | 103 | 205 | 106 | 297 | 301 | 311 |
| Diphtheria | 93 | 44 | 37 | 57 | 46 | 64 | 89 | 87 | 174 | 167 | 176 |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 8 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 |
| Puerperal Purexia | 19 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 28 | 21 | 31 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 22 | 20 | 24 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 54 | 30 | 66 | 48 | 84 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Erysipelas | 23 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 31 | 13 | 43 | 32 | 44 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 2 | .. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Malaria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Dysentery | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Totals | 327 | 153 | 160 | 229 | 167 | 198 | 411 | 256 | 640 | 594 | 667 |
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this Table.