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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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INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN ELECTORAL WARDS
| Disease | Kenninghall | Pembury | Kingsland | Albion | Town Hall | Triangle | Chatham | Kingsmead | Wick | Victoria | Northfield | Springfield | Northwold | Rectory | Leabridge | Rushmore | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysentery | 20 | 43 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 28 | 10 | 15 | 65 | 41 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 340 |
| Encephalitis, Infective | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Erysipelas | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 26 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| Malaria | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Measles | 70 | 40 | 37 | 49 | 55 | 37 | 41 | 22 | 69 | 39 | 92 | 63 | 63 | 83 | 19 | 20 | 799 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 6 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 75 |
| Pneumonia, Influenzal | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis, Paralytic | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Poliomyelitis, Non-Paralytic | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 39 | - | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 125 |
| Scabies | 3 | 2 | - | 3 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 18 |
| Scarlet Fever | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 130 |
| Whooping Cough | 9 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 31 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 26 | 10 | 220 |
| Totals | 155 | 103 | 69 | 99 | 104 | 93 | 74 | 86 | 172 | 95 | 192 | 134 | 122 | 112 | 96 | 63 | 1,769 |