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Hackney 1945

[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 HospitalsNo. 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 Pneumonia6....1..........1211....
Acute Primary Pneumonia4921321633731441810
Cerebro-spinal Fever3..111................3..
Diphtheria442..1212141831..441
Dysentery64311116683373..3621
Enteric Fever1..1....................1..
Erysipelas46..........11251018926..
Malaria10................82....5..
Measles1,0906112717015212341623513......97..
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2020......................5..
Poliomyelitis21..........1..........2..
Puerperal Fever13..............184....10..
Puerperal Pyrexia46..............62911....46..
Scabies1,02129333940288277161274122107297..
Scarlet Fever257..7161819114715412..161..
Whooping Cough2333340473420571......1..507
Totals2,9051512212892551987051841873641611444653719

Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this Table.
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