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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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| Disease | Jan, | Feb. | Mch, | Ap I. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept | Oct, | Nov. | Dec. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Dysentery | 4 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 25 | |
| Encephalitis. Post-infectious | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Erysipelas | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Pood Poisoning | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |||
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | |||
| Measles | 487 | 388 | 417 | 123 | 49 | 29 | 10 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||||||
| Paratyphoid Pever | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal | 4 | 8 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | |
| Poliomyelitis, paralytic | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Poliomyelitis, non-paralytic | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | |||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 14 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 9 |
| Scabies | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| Scarlet fever | 28 | 15 | 32 | 27 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 34 | 39 | 29 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Whooping Cough | 33 | 25 | 33 | 57 | 66 | 76 | 149 | 133 | 88 | 25 | 31 | 20 |
| Totals | 583 | 463 | 510 | 236 | 180 | 155 | 202 | 169 | 122 | 89 | 105 | 92 |