Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1897.

  • Hackney (London, England). Parish. Vestry.
Date:
1898
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Credit: Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1897. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    12/97 page 12
    12 NOTIFIABLE DISEASE. Small Pox.—Four cases of this disease were notified during the year, but three of these, on investigation, turned out to be cases of chicken-pox. The following are the circumstances of the fourth case:— A. M. Female, age 21. State of vaccination, unknown. Source of disease, unknown. The necessary disinfection, both of residence and clothing, &c., was done in this case. Scarlatina.—This disease was very prevalent in the district during the year, no less than 1386 cases being notified. This is, however, a less number than during 1896. The accompanying table (page 22) shows the distribution of the disease in the different sub districts of the Parish. The deaths during the year numbered 79. The attack-rate is therefore 6.8, and the death-rate .31 per 1000 living persons in the Parish. The fluctuations of the disease are represented on the following chart. It will be seen that the disease was above the average during the first four months of the year, then the number of cases declined and remained low with one or two fluctuations until the beginning of August, when a continuous rise set in which attained its maximum during the third week in October. This was succeeded by a sudden fall in the number of cases, which fall was maintained until the end of the year. With respect to the removal of patients suffering from this disease to the Asylums Board's Hospitals, we did not have so much difficulty during 1897 as during the previous year. I give here a table showing the number of applications made for the removal of each case of Scarlatina and Diphtheria during the period when these diseases were most prevalent in the district. The table shows that the removals were not so prompt as the necessities of the cases required; probably with the increased hospital accommodation now provided, these delays will be avoided in the future. No of Applications 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Scarlet Fever 64 21 12 20 3 8 2 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 Diphtheria 14 2 1 1
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