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

  • Hackney (London, England). Board of Works.
Date:
1896
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    11 NOTIFIABLE DISEASES. Small Pox.—During the year 14 cases were notified as small pox, but one ultimately was discovered to be chicken pox. Of the 13 cases, 11 were vaccinated in infancy, but of the remaining two cases one had not been vaccinated, and the other was doubt ful. This last case was the only death from this disease during the year. The attack rate was .06 per 1,000 of the population. From inquiries made at the time of notification it appears that three of the above contracted the disease in other districts. Scarlet Fever.—The notifications for this disease for the year under consideration numbered 1,044, of which 41 died. This is a slight increase of notifications upon the number for 1894. Of the total cases 316 were under five years, and 728 above five years old. The total gives an attack rate of 4.8 per 1,000, and a mortality rate of .19 per 1,000 living persons in the Parish. Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.—There was a further decline during the year 1895 in the number of cases of this disease notified, the total number being 494, compared with 522 in 1894. The deaths numbered 77. So that the attack rate for the year was 2.2 per 1,000 the death-rate .35 per 1,000 living persons. The following account of a localised outbreak of diphtheria and sore throat disease in a public institution in Hackney has some features which are, from a public health point of view, worth re cording. The outbreak of sore-throat disease and diphtheria, above referred to, occurred amongst the inmates of the King Edward's Industrial School, Andrew's Road. This institution is supported partly by public and partly by private contributions, and affords accommodation for 120 girls. At the period of this illness there were 119 girls in the school, whose ages varied from eight to sixteen years. My attention was first drawn to the cases by the. medical attendant, Dr. Greenwood, who informed me on the 8th November that there were several girls belonging to the institution suffering
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