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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 | Jan. | Feb. | March | Apr . | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 25 | 13 | 276 | 74 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Encephalitis, infective | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | - | 2 | |
| Food Poisoning | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 5 | - | 1 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 408 | 626 | 567 | 311 | 97 | 47 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 7 | - |
| Meningococcal infection | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 38 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Poliomyelitis, Paralytic,. | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | - |
| Poliomyelitis, Non-Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | - | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Scabies | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 4 |
| Whooping Cough | 14 | 18 | 35 | 20 | 23 | 31 | 31 | 34 | 34 | 16 | 19 | 20 |
| Totals | 470 | 679 | 911 | 435 | 175 | 118 | 88 | 91 | 122 | 84 | 73 | 47 |