Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Table showing Notifications of Infectious Disease received in 1950 in Electoral Wards.
Disease | Electoral Wards. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Ridley | Downs | Town Hall | Graham | Dalston | Culford | Stamford | Springfield | Maury | Southwold | Leaside | Marsh | Wick | Chatham | Park | Tudor | Totals | |
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 5 |
Acute Primary Pneumonia | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 59 |
Acute Poliomyelitis, paralytic | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 13 |
Acute Poliomyelitis, non-paralytic | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 10 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | 8 | |
Dysentery | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | 35 |
Food Poisoning | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 |
Malaria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | 84 | 68 | 84 | 58 | 64 | 61 | 82 | 84 | 62 | 100 | 80 | 47 | 49 | 90 | 29 | 1091 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 7 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 24 |
Scabies | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 61 |
Scarlet Fever | 7 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 27 | 16 | 19 | 29 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 27 | 7 | 274 |
Whooping Cough | 27 | 53 | 28 | 32 | 10 | 22 | 34 | 56 | 32 | 34 | 42 | 64 | 41 | 21 | 44 | 18 | 558 |
Totals | 89 | 184 | 123 | 134 | 78 | 108 | 142 | 190 | 146 | 142 | 188 | 198 | 125 | 97 | 177 | 60 | 2181 |
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from, this Table.