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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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| Diseases | RIDLEY | DOWNS | TOWN HALL | GRAHAM | DALSTON | CULFORD | STAMFORD | SPRINGFIELD | MAURY | SOUTHWOLD | LEASIDE | MARSH | WICK | CHATHAM | PARK | TUDOR | TOTALS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute Encephalitis, infective | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Acute Encephalitis, post-infectious | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 9 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 60 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis, paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis, non-paralytic | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Dysentery | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 134 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 43 |
| Pood Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 7 |
| Measles | 91 | 97 | 61 | 132 | 36 | 62 | 186 | 144 | 101 | 104 | 172 | 186 | 104 | 107 | 64 | 101 | 1,748 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 20 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 5 | 75 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 148 |
| Scabies | -- | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 19 |
| Scarlet Fever | 18 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 28 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 47 | 36 | 12 | 37 | 33 | 13 | 392 |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 39 | 23 | 13 | 16 | 230 |
| Total | 140 | 238 | 112 | 173 | 68 | 96 | 255 | 222 | 171 | 178 | 252 | 266 | 195 | 180 | 140 | 149 | 2,835 |