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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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.
Anthrax Plague.
Cerebro-spinal Fever. Puerperal Fever.
Cholera. Puerperal Pyrexia.
Continued Fever Relapsing Fever.
Diphtheria (or Membranous Croup). Scarlatina (or Scarlet Fever).
Dysentery. Smallpox.
Enteric (Typhoid or Paratyphoid) Tuberculosis.
Fever Typhus Fever.
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Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Number of Cases admitted to Hospitals. | Number of Deaths. |
---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 525 | 492 | 2 |
Diphtheria | 294 | 284 | 7 |
Enteric Fever | 5 | 5 | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 19 | 18 | 1 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 75 | 70 | .. |
Acute Primary Pneumonia | 127 | 94 | 29 |
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 14 | 9 | 7 |
Erysipelas | 126 | 101 | 6 |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 25 | 14 | .. |
Poliomyelitis | 2 | 2 | .. |
Dysentery | 12 | 12 | .. |
Malaria | 2 | 1 | .. |
Totals | 1,227 | 1,103 | 54 |