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Hackney 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table showing Notifications of Infectious Disease received in1941,in Age Groups, Admissions to Hospitals, and Deaths

Disease.Cases Notified.No. of cases 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.
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia17....11......34..5382
Acute Primary Pneumonia76112143711181711617
Cerebro-spinal Fever323121..1544263327
Diphtheria84..2266368121011..833
Encephalitis Lethargica1....................1..15
Enteric Fever13..1........154..2..13..
Erysipelas58............33129246361
Dysentery6..1111......1....16..
Measles65928611067783265141861....151..
Ophthalmia Neonatorum ..1414......................10..
Poliomyelitis1........................1..
Puerperal Fever4................4......4..
Puerperal Pyrexia52....... .......103111....52..
Scarlet Fever14235891362158153..1131..
Whooping Cough51652848371801395..2......1562
Totals1,675101156205167183509547010445562574527

Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this Table.