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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 608 | 1 | 15 | 37 | 57 | 67 | 215 | 116 | 36 | 58 | 1 | 5 | .. |
Diphtheria | 389 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 41 | 44 | 171 | 44 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 6 | .. |
Enteric Fever | 14 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 18 | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 66 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 54 | 7 | .. | .. |
Acute Primary Pneumonia | 137 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 42 | 14 |
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Erysipelas | 109 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 39 | 27 |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 18 | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Poliomyelitis | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Dysentery | 8 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Polioencephalitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 1391 | 30 | 33 | 65 | 105 | 118 | 411 | 174 | 72 | 201 | 43 | 97 | 42 |
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this Table.