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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Table showing Age Groups of Deaths from Notifiable Infectious Disease in 1938.
Disease. | Total cases notified. | Age Groups of Deaths. | Total deaths at all ages. | |||||||||||
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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 Fever | 340 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diphtheria | 169 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | 5 |
Enteric Fever | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 68 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Acute Primary Pneumonia | 179 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 53 |
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Erysipelas | 104 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 24 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Poliomyelitis | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Dysentery | 18 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 200 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Measles | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Totals | 1153 | 10 | 7 | 2 | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | 2 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 86 |