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 cases 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. | ||||
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 4 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | . . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Acute Primary Pneumonia | 73 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . . | 1 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 45 | 5 |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 15 | 6 | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . . | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 |
Diphtheria | 66 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | . . | 66 | 1 |
Dysentery | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . . | . . | 3 | 1 | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | 9 | 1 |
Enteric Fever | 5 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | 5 | . . |
Erysipelas | 68 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 8 | 49 | 1 |
Malaria | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Measles | 772 | 45 | 76 | 82 | 78 | 92 | 372 | 20 | 5 | 2 | . . | . . | . . | 171 | 3 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 13 | 13 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 5 | . . |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . |
Puerperal Fever | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | 1 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 83 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 3 | 71 | 9 | . . | . . | 78 | 2 |
Scarlet Fever | 251 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 32 | 129 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | . . | 227 | . . |
Whooping Cough | 372 | 57 | 58 | 40 | 60 | 37 | 114 | 5 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 102 | 8 |
Totals | 1,735 | 125 | 154 | 144 | 164 | 171 | 656 | 64 | 31 | 111 | 39 | 55 | 21 | 776 | 30 |
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this Table.