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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASE IN ELECTORAL WARDS 1956
| Disease | Kenninghall | Pembury | Kingsland | Albion | Town Hall | Triangle | Chatham | Kingsmead | Wick | Victoria | Northfield | Springfield | Northwold | Rectory | Leabridge | Rushmore | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysentery | 7 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 37 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 190 |
| Encephalitis, post infectious | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 22 | |
| Pood Poisoning | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | 7 | - | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 32 |
| Malaria | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |||||
| Measles | 42 | 70 | 36 | 35 | 47 | 33 | 58 | 8 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 17 | 4 | 456 |
| Meningococcal infection | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | ||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 8 | ||
| Pneumonia Acute Primary | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 44 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 11 |
| Poliomyelitis Paralytic | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | |
| Poliomyelitis Non paralytic . | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 53 |
| Scabies | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 41 |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 130 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Whooping Cough | 41 | 25 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 34 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 30 | 50 | 25 | 29 | 33 | 19 | 13 | 395 |
| Totals | 110 | 142 | 69 | 81 | 83 | 98 | 142 | 61 | 80 | 100 | 76 | 62 | 85 | 91 | 70 | 44 | 1,394 |