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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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| Month 1959 | No of Cases | Sex | Notified | Coming to knowledge | Confirmed Cases | Age Groups | Case employed as a food handler | Food Handler Contacts | Water Closet Accommodation | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65 † | Same family | Separate family | Separate | Shared | |||||||
| January | 40 | M | 16 | 6 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 11 | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 15 |
| F | 13 | 5 | -- | 4 | 9 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | ||||||||
| February | 43 | M | 15 | 2 | 27 | - | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 21 | 22 |
| F | 25 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | - | 2 | ||||||||
| March | 50 | M | 28 | 5 | 40 | - | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 4 | - | 14 | 21 |
| F | 15 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | ||||||||
| April | 52 | M | 27 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 6 | 11 | - | 6 | - | 5 | 1 | 3 | - | 14 | 33 |
| F | 18 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| May | 79 | M | 34 | 4 | 49 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 52 |
| F | 32 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| June | 26 | M | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 21 | 4 |
| F | 13 | - | - | 4 | 5 | - | 3 | 1 | - | ||||||||
| July | 25 | M | 7 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 9 | 15 |
| F | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | ||||||||
| August | 15 | M | 9 | - | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | -_ | - | - | - | 4 | 9 |
| F | 6 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | ||||||||
| September | 11 | M | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 3 |
| F | 6 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | ||||||||
| October | 16 | M | 9 | 1 | 7 | - | - | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | -- | 5 | - | 7 | 7 |
| F | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | ||||||||
| November | 19 | M | 7 | 2 | 6 | - | 4 | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 8 | 10 |
| F | 10 | - | - | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||||||||
| December | 18 | M | 4 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | - | 7 | 11 |
| F | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | |||||||||||
| Total | 170 | 32 | 21 | 103 | 29 | 10 | 202 | ||||||||||