London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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| Disease | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute Encephalitis, infective | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 |
| Acute Encephalitis, post-infectious | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 9 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 9 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 48 | 63 | 36 | 43 | 59 | 69 | 60 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis, paralytic | - | 2 | - | 3 | 13 | 2 | 8 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis, non-paralytic | - | 39 | 6 | 35 | 10 | - | 7 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 19 | 28 | 40 | 16 | 8 | - | - |
| Dysentery | 40 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 24 | 88 | 134 |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Erysipelas | 47 | 43 | 35 | 24 | 35 | 40 | 43 |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | 9 | 11 | 3 | 7 |
| Malaria | 7 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Measles | 1,474 | 511 | 1,736 | 2,009 | 1,091 | 2,168 | 1,748 |
| Meningococcal infection | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 26 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| Puerperal Fever | 10 | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 49 | 32 | 23 | 28 | 24 | 55 | 148 |
| Scabies | 924 | 318 | 208 | 128 | 61 | 36 | 19 |
| Scarlet Fever | 249 | 313 | 259 | 267 | 274 | 316 | 392 |
| Typhus Fever | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 543 | 550 | 787 | 362 | 558 | 453 | 230 |
| Total | 3,448 | 1,951 | 3, 186 | 2,965 | 2, 181 | 3,250 | 2,835 |