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 | Electoral Wards. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridley | Downs | Town Hall | Graham | Dalston j | Culford | Stamford | Springfield | Maury | Southwold | Leaside | jMarsh | Wick | Chatham | Park | Tudor | |
| Scarlet Fever | 42 | 35 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 23 | 40 | 27 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 14 |
| Diphtheria | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 7 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. |
| Erysipelas | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | .. | .. | 3 | .. |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Dysentery | 2 | 12 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | . . | 5 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | 54 | 46 | 18 | 40 | 29 | 18 | 49 | 59 | 46 | 55 | 46 | 64 | 22 | 33 | 28 | 26 |
| Measles | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | .. | 2 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Totals | 132 | 122 | 58 | 68 | 66 | 50 | 134 | 135 | 104 | 104 | 102 | 124 | 73 | 68 | 84 | 68 |
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are exluded from this Table.