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. | j 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. | ||
Scarlet Fever | 525 | 4 | 22 | 32 | 41 | 52 | 178 | 104 | 29 | 51 | 10 | 2 | .. |
Diphtheria | 294 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 29 | 26 | 98 | 46 | 16 | 29 | 6 | 1 | .. |
Enteric Fever | 5 | . . | . . | . . | . . | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 12 | 6 | .. | .. |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 75 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 67 | 3 | .. | .. |
Acute Primary Pneumonia | 127 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 11 | 35 | 8 |
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 14 | .. | . . | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Erysipelas | 126 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 17 | 36 | 25 |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | . | .. | .. |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 25 | 25 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Poliomyelitis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Dysentery | 12 | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Malaria | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
Totals | 1227 | 44 | 48 | 58 | 75 | 87 | 295 | 164 | 68 | 218 | 57 | 77 | 36 |
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this Table.