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 1947, 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. | 6 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. |
Acute Primary Pneumonia | 63 | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 34 | 6 |
Acute Polioencephalitis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
Acute Poliomyelitis | 39 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .. | 12 | 4 | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 37 | 1 |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | l | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 |
Diphtheria | 28 | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 27 | 4 |
Dysentery | 12 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 6 | .. |
Enteric Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 43 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 18 | .. |
Malaria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Measles | 511 | 41 | 67 | 72 | 78 | 73 | 158 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | 460 | 2 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 21 | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | .. |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 32 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 25 | 2 | .. | .. | 27 | .. |
Scabies | 318 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 17 | 38 | 99 | 41 | 41 | 9 | 2 | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 313 | .. | 6 | 20 | 30 | 29 | 141 | 70 | 9 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | 125 | .. |
Typhus Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Whooping Cough | 550 | 77 | 82 | 76 | 94 | 72 | 143 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 491 | 3 |
Totals | 1,951 | 160 | 174 | 189 | 214 | 192 | 496 | 107 | 74 | 168 | 70 | 77 | 30 | 1,256 | 18 |