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 | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
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Dysentery, Sonne | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
Dysentery, Flexner | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Erysipelas | 3 | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - |
Food Poisoning | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Malaria | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Measles | 382 | 620 | 629 | 375 | 263 | 174 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | 1 | . |
Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal | - | 16 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Poliomyelitis, Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 17 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
Scabies | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . |
Scarlet Fever | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 6 |
Whooping Cough | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
Totals | 432 | 676 | 664 | 412 | 309 | 212 | 71 | 39 | 34 | 31 | 46 | 26 |