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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
Stoke Newington 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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Table showing Notifications of Infectious Diseases received in 1955 in Age Groups and admissions to Hospitals
| Disease. | All Ages | Cases Notified At Ages - Years | Admissions to Hospital | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | 1-3 | 3-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-30 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50-65 | 65 & over | |||
| Dysentery | 38 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 11 | - | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Food poisoning | 37 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | - | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Malaria | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Measles | 752 | 21 | 163 | 203 | 341 | 9 | - | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 14 |
| Meningococcal infection | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Pneumonia | 36 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 5 | 8 | 11 | 3 | |
| poliomyelitis | 12 | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| scabies | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Scarlet fever | 28 | - | 3 | 11 | 13 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| Typhoid | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 81 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 39 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Totals | 1000 | 30 | 191 | 254 | 420 | 20 | 8 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 60 |