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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 1935
[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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 108 | 53 | 45 | 90 | 65 | 93 | 69 | 85 | 206 | 248 | 154 |
| Diphtheria | 47 | 13 | 44 | 51 | 42 | 60 | 63 | 69 | 104 | 153 | 132 |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 11 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 22 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 37 | 29 | 32 | 39 | 66 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 20 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 18 | 36 | 33 | 40 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 |
| Dysentery | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Polioencephalitis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Totals | 210 | 98 | 125 | 183 | 149 | 188 | 221 | 217 | 433 | 520 | 438 |
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this Table.