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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 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: Table showing Notifications of Infectious Disease received in1938,in Age Groups.

Table showing Notifications of Infectious Disease received in1938,in Age Groups.

Disease.Cases Notified.
At Ages—Years.
At all Ages.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.
Scarlet Fever34011322303413339283172..
Diphtheria1693111320146020815..32
Enteric Fever5................131....
Puerperal Fever21..............11631..
Puerperal Pyrexia68..............749111..
Acute Primary Pneumonia..1793421151781319255022
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia6..........1....1..4..
Erysipelas104311....12721163814
Cerebro-spinal Fever81........2..311....
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2424......................
Poliomyelitis3......2....I..........
Dysentery18..121..5224......
Encephalitis Lethargica1............1..........
Whooping Cough200183032293160............
Measles7231..1..............
Totals1153556373938527973701606410038
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this Table.