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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
Hackney 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Jan. | Feb. | Mch, | Apl. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute Encephalitis, infective .. | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | ||
| Acute Encephalitis, post-infectious | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 8 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis, paralytic .. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis, non-paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Dysentery | 11 | 53 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| Pood Poisoning | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Measles | 6 | 20 | 97 | 104 | 149 | 203 | 238 | 154 | 51 | 121 | 254 | 351 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 13 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 3 |
| Scabies | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 15 | 26 | 35 | 21 | 20 | 28 | 28 | 16 | 23 | 64 | 68 | 48 |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | 18 | 28 | 41 | 27 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 16 |
| Total | 66 | 152 | 213 | 229 | 227 | 260 | 299 | 222 | 127 | 247 | 357 | 436 |