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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS IN AGE GROUPS, ADMISSIONS TO HOSPITALS, AND DEATHS
| Disease | At all ages | Under 1 year | 1 to 2 years | 2 to 3 years | 3 to 4 years | 4 to 5 years | 5 to 10 years | 10 to 15 years | 15 to 20 years | 20 to 35 years | 35 to 45 years | 45 to 65 years | 65 and upwards | Admitted to hospital | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Dysentery | 103 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 3 | - | 2 | 37 | 3 |
| Encephalitis. Post-infectious | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 8 | - |
| Pood Poisoning | 19 | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | - |
| Malaria | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| Measles | 1,508 | 44 | 185 | 199 | 216 | 212 | 625 | 9 | 4 | 14 | - | - | - | 70 | 2 |
| Meningococcal infection | 7 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 7 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 8 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | - | 8 | - |
| Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal | 17 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 43 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 3 |
| Poliomyelitis, Paralytic | 10 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 10 | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis, Non-paralytic | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 97 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 75 | 8 | - | - | 97 | - |
| Scabies | 27 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 291 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 40 | 181 | 15 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | 99 | - |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 736 | 56 | 57 | 102 | 115 | 82 | 311 | 10 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 43 | - |
| Totals | 2,906 | 112 | 259 | 340 | 377 | 341 | 1,169 | 42 | 32 | 134 | 28 | 42 | 30 | 422 | 11 |