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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Table showing Notifications of Infectious Disease received in 1945, in Age Groups, Admissions to Hospitals, and Deaths
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 | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
Acute Primary Pneumonia | 49 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 10 |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. |
Diphtheria | 44 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .. | 44 | 1 |
Dysentery | 64 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | .. | 3 | 62 | 1 |
Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Erysipelas | 46 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 26 | .. |
Malaria | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | .. |
Measles | 1,090 | 61 | 127 | 170 | 152 | 123 | 416 | 23 | 5 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 97 | .. |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 20 | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. |
Poliomyelitis | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 4 | .. | .. | 10 | .. |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 46 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 29 | 11 | .. | .. | 46 | .. |
Scabies | 1,021 | 29 | 33 | 39 | 40 | 28 | 82 | 77 | 161 | 274 | 122 | 107 | 29 | 7 | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 257 | .. | 7 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 114 | 71 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | 161 | .. |
Whooping Cough | 233 | 33 | 40 | 47 | 34 | 20 | 57 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 50 | 7 |
Totals | 2,905 | 151 | 221 | 289 | 255 | 198 | 705 | 184 | 187 | 364 | 161 | 144 | 46 | 537 | 19 |
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this Table.
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