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Hackney 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table showing Notifications of Infectious Disease received in1946,in Age Groups, Admissions to Hospitals, and Deaths

Disease.At all Ages.Cases Notified.No. of cases admitted to HospitalsNo. of Deaths
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 Pneumonia9........21....11223..
Acute Primary Pneumonia48....21263..5214132013
Cerebro-spinal Fever1........1..............13
Diphtheria19....12157..2..1..19..
Dysentery40..244163..716..32..
Encephalitis Lethargica ..........................
Enteric Fever2....1............1....2
Erysipelas47..1..541221423
Malaria7................52....2
Measles1,4747720620722119151248831....1291
Ophthalmia Neonatorum . .2626........................
Puerperal Fever10........... ...172....9
Puerperal Pyrexia49..............4387....37
Scabies92424233338258274813489866322
Scarlet Fever2497101721119551253137
Whooping Cough54380948992531231011841
Totals3.4482103333473752978542001124251311105450018

Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this Table.