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. | |||||||||||||||
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Ridley | Downs | Town Hall | Graham | Dalston | Culford | Stamford | Springfield | Maury | Southwold | Leaside | Marsh | Wick | Chatham | Park | Tudor | |
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 2 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | |
Acute Primary Pneumonia | 3 | 5 | . . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 7 |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | . . | 1 | . . | 3 | . . | 1 | 3 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . . | 1 |
Diphtheria | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | . . | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
Dysentery.. | 5 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 2 | 1 | . . | . . | . . |
Enteric Fever | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | 2 | . . |
Erysipelas | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Malaria | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Measles | 64 | 39 | 24 | 40 | 22 | 27 | 61 | 55 | 39 | 70 | 43 | 54 | 88 | 56 | 53 | 37 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | . . | 2 | . . | 2 | 1 | 2 | . . | 1 | 3 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Poliomyelitis | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Puerperal Fever | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Scarlet Fever | 25 | 19 | 17 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 36 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 7 |
Whooping Cough | 20 | 28 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 35 | 21 | 27 | 39 | 55 | 47 | 20 | 3 | 11 |
Totals | 136 | 118 | 62 | 98 | 44 | 57 | 127 | 116 | 84 | 125 | 133 | 179 | 183 | 114 | 83 | 76 |
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this Table.