London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Disease | KenninghalI | Pembury | Kingsl and | Albion | Town Hall | Triangle | Chatham | Kingsmead | Wick | Victoria | Northfield | Springfield | Northwold | Rectory | Leabridge | Rushmore | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continued Fever | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Dysentery | 5 | 7 | 31 | 144 | 134 | 60 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 447 | |
| Encephal itis infective | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 22 |
| Pood Poisoning | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 43 |
| Malaria | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Measles | 115 | 163 | 53 | 60 | 110 | 165 | 239 | 152 | 140 | 147 | 122 | 110 | 178 | 80 | 136 | 171 | 2, 141 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | 1 | - | 25 | 2 | 10 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40 |
| Pneumonia Acute Primary | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 60 |
| Pneumonia, Influenzal | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 6 |
| Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | ' | 20 |
| Poliomyelitis Non-paralytic | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 15 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 34 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | 90 |
| Scabies | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | 23 |
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 81 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 28 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 41 | 16 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 43 | 295 |
| Totals | 175 | 220 | 104 | 259 | 276 | 310 | 280 | 209 | 209 | 210 | 157 | 150 | 214 | 106 | 180 | 234 | 3, 293 |