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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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MONTHLY SUMMARY OF INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS 1956
| Disease | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug, | Sept. | Oct | Nov. | Dec. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysentery | 17 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 34 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 20 |
| Encephalitis, post infectious | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Pood Poisoning | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Malaria | - | - | . | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Measles | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 68 | 48 | 14 | 12 | 89 | 183 |
| Meningococcal infection | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | 4 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis, Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis. Non paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 7 | - | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Scabies | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 24 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 25 | 26 | 27 | 32 | 41 | 47 | 69 | 50 | 30 | 12 | 21 | 15 |
| Totals | 71 | 56 | 73 | 75 | 95 | 126 | 195 | 139 | 76 | 68 | 157 | 263 |