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. 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. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||
Acute Encephalitis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 10 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Acute Poliomyelitis, paralytic | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Acute Primary Pneumonia | 69 | 2 | 5 | .. | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 43 | 4 |
Dysentery | 88 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 34 | |
Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Erysipelas | 40 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 15 | .. |
Food Poisoning | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. |
Malaria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Measles | 2,168 | 64 | 263 | 345 | 369 | 381 | 715 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | 83 | 2 |
Meningococcal infection | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | .. |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 55 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 47 | 3 | .. | .. | 51 | .. |
Scabies | 36 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 15 | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 316 | .. | 2 | 12 | 29 | 48 | 183 | 29 | 8 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 137 | .. |
Whooping Cough | 453 | 56 | 68 | 52 | 57 | 81 | 131 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 36 | 1 |
Totals | 3,250 | 127 | 352 | 423 | 463 | 525 | 1,061 | 64 | 25 | 90 | 26 | 65 | 29 | 413 | 9 |
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this Table.
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