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 | Culford | Stamford | Springfield | Maury | Southwold | Leaside | Marsh | Wick | Chatham | Park | Tudor | |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 12 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | ||
| Diphtheria | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 4 | .. |
| Dysentery | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Erysipelas | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .. | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Malaria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 106 | 139 | 26 | 79 | 68 | 56 | 91 | 132 | 82 | 137 | 162 | 292 | 176 | 113 | 63 | 59 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. |
| Scabies | 31 | 50 | 14 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 23 | 30 | 32 | 33 | 42 | 50 | 47 | 25 | 43 | 30 |
| Scarlet Fever | 68 | 56 | 18 | 28 | 32 | 20 | 56 | 71 | 52 | 29 | 56 | 80 | 41 | 28 | 27 | 21 |
| Whooping Cough | 12 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 48 | 27 |
| Totals | 247 | 287 | 71 | 171 | 144 | 116 | 204 | 266 | 199 | 242 | 301 | 484 | 317 | 203 | 199 | 154 |
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this Table.