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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 1936
[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. | |
| Scarlet Fever | 109 | 25 | 55 | 54 | 54 | 78 | 78 | 72 | 189 | 186 | 150 |
| Diphtheria | 45 | 33 | 31 | 23 | 25 | 31 | 44 | 62 | 109 | 79 | 106 |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 13 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 30 | 17 | 28 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 19 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 22 | 24 | 36 | 45 | 46 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 3 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| Erysipelas | 20 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 47 | 40 | 39 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | .. | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 |
| Poliomyelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Dysentery | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Malaria | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 219 | 93 | 123 | 131 | 110 | 154 | 199 | 198 | 435 | 395 | 397 |
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this Table.