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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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MONTHLY SUMMARY OF INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS
| Disease | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysentery | 14 | 95 | 47 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 71 |
| Encephalitis, Infective | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Pood Poisoning | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 1 | 1 | 7 | 39 | 30 | 82 | 48 | 12 | 27 | 86 | 90 | 376 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 12 |
| Pneumonia Acute Influenzal | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis, Non-Paralytic | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 6 |
| Scabies | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 16 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 13 | 38 | 35 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 |
| Totals | 49 | 137 | 138 | 139 | 80 | 146 | 104 | 67 | 80 | 149 | 190 | 490 |