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 6. | 6 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Acute Primary Pneumonia | 108 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 29 | 17 | 73 | 13 | |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 10 | 2 | 1 | . , | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | 3 |
Diphtheria | 94 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 94 | 5 |
Dysentery | 24 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 23 | .. |
Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Erysipelas | 51 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 10 | .. | 8 | 37 | .. |
Malaria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Measles | 1.781 | 97 | 207 | 185 | 194 | 211 | 800 | 67 | 11 | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | 300 | 3 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum .. | 17 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 5 | .. | .. | 12 | 1 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 46 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 28 | 9 | .. | .. | 46 | .. |
Scabies | 518 | 26 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 45 | 42 | 81 | 152 | 64 | 61 | 5 | 2 | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 683 | 2 | 15 | 38 | 50 | 59 | 369 | 105 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 1 | .. | 615 | .. |
Whooping Cough | 246 | 35 | 48 | 27 | 39 | 28 | 65 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 64 | 3 |
Totals | 3,605 | 186 | 289 | 272 | 308 | 317 | 1,336 | 242 | 136 | 244 | 123 | 118 | 34 | 1,288 | 29 |
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this Table.