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Hackney 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table showing Notifications of Infectious Disease received in 1951, in Age Groups, Admissions to Hospitals, and Deaths

Disease.Cases Notified.No. of cases admitted to Hospitals.No. of Deaths.
At all Ages.At Ages—Years.
Under 1.1 to 2.2 to 3.3 to 4.4 to 5.5 to 10.10 to 15.15 to 20.20 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 65.65 and upwards.
Acute Encephalitis1....1..................1..
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia10..1....2....1....4211
Acute Poliomyelitis, paralytic2..........1....1......1..
Acute Primary Pneumonia6925..147324111713434
Dysentery8821297620611256234
Enteric Fever11......................11
Erysipelas40..........1....44201115..
Food Poisoning3....1..............2..3..
Malaria1................1......1..
Measles2,1686426334536938171518481....832
Meningococcal infection6111....1....1..1..6..
Ophthalmia Neonatorum11..........................
Puerperal Pyrexia55..............5473....51..
Scabies36....2..32236215......
Scarlet Fever316..21229481832985......137..
Whooping Cough4535668525781131611......361
Totals3,2501273524234635251,0616425902665294139

Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from this Table.
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