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Hackney 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table shoiving Notifications of Infectious Disease received in1939,in Age Groups, Admissions to Hospitals and Deaths

Disease.Cases Notified.No. of oases admitted to HospitalsNo. of Deaths
At all Ages.At Ages—Years.
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 Fever31931115363113147231651..292..
Diphtheria5613710318625..1..554
Enteric Fever1..................1....11
Puerperal Fever21..............11352..202
Puerperal Pyrexia75..............55317....662
Acute Primary Pneumonia..121..4..254715242028109428
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia25..1......1137363169
Erysipelas883....1..235793620632
Cerebro-spinal Fever62..1......1..11....62
Ophthalmia Neonatorum ..2828......................20..
Poliomyelitis412....1..............4..
Dysentery36..2132132..341524..
Encephalitis Lethargica1..................1......1
Whooping Cough633618486108117165102........986
Measles80410121113224121....17..
Totals1492103117124171172356815713167753878057

Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this Table.