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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 1956
[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 1956 in Age Groups and Admissions to Hospital.
| 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 | 43 | - | 3 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Food Poisoning | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Measles | 105 | 7 | 39 | 29 | 29 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 11 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Scabies | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 28 | - | 3 | 8 | 15 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 11 |
| Para-typhoid | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 231 | 19 | 38 | 46 | 113 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | 10 |
| Totals | 453 | 27 | 88 | 95 | 182 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 34 |