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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 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS IN AGE GROUPS, ADMISSIONSTO HOSPITALS, AND DEATHS

INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS IN AGE GROUPS, ADMISSIONS

TO HOSPITALS, AND DEATHS

DiseaseAt all agesUnder 1 year1 to 2 years2 to 3 years3 to 4 years4 to 5 years5 to 10 years10 to 15 years15 to 20 years20 to 35 years35 to 45 years45 to 65 years65 and upwardsAdmitted to HospitalDeaths
Dysentery340153129213213622329146241-
Encephalitis. Infective2-1------1---21
Erysipelas26--1----128685-
Pood Poisoning132-11-2--322-5-
Malaria2--------11----
Measles7991156835885498611---33-
Meningococcal infection42--1------1-42
Ophthalmia Neonatorum66-----------5-
Paratyphoid Fever1------1-----1-
Pneumonia, Acute Primary751111-5531382413515
Pneumonia Acute Influenzal1----------1---
Poliomyelitis, Paralytic4-1--111-----4-
Poliomyelitis, Non-Paralytic3-----2--1---3-
Puerperal Pyrexia125-------23966--124-
Scabies18--3-2--7141---
Scarlet Fever130-371298311221--49-
Whooping Cough2202115233135886--1--11-
Totals1,7695810814812516481552401504541233388