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. | Cases Notified. | No. ol' cases admitted to Hospitals | No. of Deaths | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages. | Under 1. | 1 to 2. | 2 to 3. | 3 to 4. | At Ages—Years. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||
4 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 16. | |||||||||||||
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 |
Acute Primary Pneumonia | 59 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 35 | 1 |
Acute Poliomyelitis, paralytic | 13 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 2 |
Acute Poliomyelitis, nonparalytic | 10 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. |
Diphtheria | 8 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 1 |
Dysentery | 24 | .. | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | .. |
Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Erysipelas | 35 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 20 | 7 | 15 | .. |
Food Poisoning | 11 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
Malaria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 1,091 | 34 | 117 | 119 | 164 | 136 | 514 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 51 | .. |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 24 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 19 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | .. |
Scabies | 61 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 274 | .. | 4 | 16 | 26 | 43 | 144 | 32 | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 141 | .. |
Whooping Cough | 558 | 61 | 44 | 61 | 105 | 77 | 203 | 3 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 48 | .. | |
Totals | 2,181 | 103 | 170 | 209 | 304 | 265 | 894 | 47 | 26 | 68 | 24 | 49 | 22 | 342 | 5 |