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 1949, 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 6. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 16. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Acute Primary Pneumonia | 43 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 2 |
Acute Polioencephalitis | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 |
Acute Poliomyelitis | 35 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 11 | .. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 35 | 1 |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. |
Diphtheria | 16 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 16 | .. |
Dysentery | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | l | .. | .. | 8 | .. |
Enteric Fever | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | l | 2 | .. | 12 | .. |
Erysipelas | 24 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 8 | .. |
Food Poisoning | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | .. |
Malaria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 2,009 | 77 | 270 | 347 | 276 | 250 | 762 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | 57 | 1 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum .. | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 28 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 20 | 5 | .. | .. | 5 | .. |
Scabies | 128 | .. | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 48 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 2 | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 267 | .. | 10 | 25 | 29 | 29 | 145 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 107 | .. |
Whooping Cough | 362 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 61 | 50 | 99 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 38 | 2 |
Totals | 2,965 | 131 | 342 | 442 | 390 | 336 | 1,038 | 52 | 33 | 93 | 35 | 44 | 29 | 321 | 9 |
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this Table.