[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney].

  • Hackney (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1926
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    46 The following table shows the distribution of diphtheria in the respective Sub-districts of the Borough:— Sub-Districts. North. Central. South-west. South-east. Number of cases of Diph theria and Membranous Croup 116 172 127 251 Attack-rate per 1,000 living 2.0 3.1 2.1 4.3 From the above it will be seen that diphtheria was most acute in the South-East Sub-district. The deaths from diphtheria and membranous croup during the year numbered 80. This mortality is equal to a death-rate of 4.5 per cent. attacked and 0.13 per 1,000 inhabitants, as com pared with a death-rate of 6.2 per cent. attacked, and 0.15 per 1,000 inhabitants for the previous year. The death-rate from diphtheria for London during the same period is 0.11 per 1,000 inhabitants. During the year 1,278 swabbings from throats of persons suspected to be suffering from diphtheria were bacteriologically examined, of which 158 gave positive results, .1,100 negative results, and 20 were returned as doubtful. Diphtheria Anti-toxin.—In accordance with the Anti-toxin Order of 1910, a supply of diphtheria anti-toxin was provided during the. year, and issued as required to medical practitioners applying for it in cases of diphtheria or suspected cases of diphtheria amongst the poorer inhabitants of the Borough. During the year 139 bottles of anti-toxin of 8,000 units each were supplied to medical practitioners, most of which was used for prophylactic purposes.
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