[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney] page 40

Hackney 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.
During the year under review 3,448 cases of notifiable infectious
disease occurred as compared with 2,905 in the previous year.

Table: The following table shows the incidence of the various diseases:—

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The following table shows the incidence of the various diseases:—

Disease.	1943	1944	1945	1946
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia	13	5	6	9
Acute Primary Pneumonia	108	73	49	48
Cerebro-spinal Fever	10	7	3	1
Diphtheria	94	60	44	19
Dysentery	24	82	64	40
Encephalitis Lethargica	—	1	—	—
Enteric Fever	1	2	1	2
Erysipelas	51	43	46	47
Malaria	1	10	10	7
Measles	1,781	296	1,090	1,474
Ophthalmia Neonatorum	17	18	20	26
Poliomyelitis	—	—	2	—
Puerperal Fever	12	9	13	10
Puerperal Pyrexia	46	54	46	49
Scabies	518	1,032	1,021	924
Scarlet Fever	683	236	257	249
Whooping Cough	246	539	233	543
	3,605	2,467	2,905	3,448

Table: The attack rates for the principal infectious diseases in England and Wales, London and Hackney were as follows:—

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The attack rates for the principal infectious diseases in England and Wales, London and Hackney were as follows:—

Disease.	England and Wales.	London.	Hackney.
Cerebro-spinal Fever	0.05	0.06	0.00
Diphtheria	0.28	0.24	0.11
Enteric Fever	0.03	0.02	0.01
Erysipelas	0.20	0.27	0.28
Measles	3.92	7.35	8.84
Pneumonia	0.89	0.75	0.34
Scarlet Fever	1.38	1.42	1.49
Whooping Cough	2.28	2.22	3.26

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Table: The following table shows the incidence of the various diseases:—

Table: The attack rates for the principal infectious diseases in England and Wales, London and Hackney were as follows:—