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. | No. of oases admitted to Hospitals | No. 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 Fever | 319 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 36 | 31 | 131 | 47 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 1 | .. | 292 | .. |
Diphtheria | 56 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 55 | 4 | |
Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Puerperal Fever | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 13 | 5 | 2 | .. | 20 | 2 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 75 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 53 | 17 | .. | .. | 66 | 2 |
Acute Primary Pneumonia.. | 121 | .. | 4 | .. | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 94 | 28 |
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 25 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 9 |
Erysipelas | 88 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 20 | 63 | 2 |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum .. | 28 | 28 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | .. |
Poliomyelitis | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. |
Dysentery | 36 | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 2 | .. | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 24 | .. |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 633 | 61 | 84 | 86 | 108 | 117 | 165 | 10 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 98 | 6 |
Measles | 80 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 17 | .. |
Totals | 1492 | 103 | 117 | 124 | 171 | 172 | 356 | 81 | 57 | 131 | 67 | 75 | 38 | 780 | 57 |
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this Table.