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 | South wold | Leaside | Marsh | Wick | Chatham | Park | Tudor | Totals | |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 63 |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 2 | 7 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 39 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 5 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 28 |
| Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4.. | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 43 |
| Malaria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Measles | 25 | 35 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 100 | 73 | 27 | 28 | 19 | 45 | 33 | 26 | 30 | 13 | 511 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 6 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 32 |
| Scabies | 24 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 32 | 21 | 33 | 26 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 318 |
| Scarlet Fever | 26 | 21 | 25 | 36 | 34 | 11 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 313 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Whooping Cough | 46 | 53 | 25 | 38 | 26 | 21 | 24 | 41 | 28 | 37 | 25 | 55 | 28 | 19 | 67 | 17 | 550 |
| Totals | 142 | 147 | 95 | 129 | 81 | 65 | 178 | 188 | 108 | 126 | 106 | 165 | 116 | 85 | 143 | 77 | 1951 |