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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 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS IN AGE GROUPS, ADMISSIONS TO HOSPITALS, AND DEATHS - 1957

INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS IN AGE GROUPS, ADMISSIONS TO HOSPITALS, AND DEATHS - 1957

DiseaseAt all agesUnder 1 year1 to 2 years2 to 3 years3 to 4 years4 to 5 years5 to 10 years10 to 15 years15 to 20 years20 to 35 years35 to 45 years45 to 65 years65 and upwardsAdmitted to HospitalDeaths
Dysentery12922116121235821513221-
Encephalitis, post infectious2---1-1------22
Erysipelas30-----1--1614810-
Food Poisoning286121121144328-
Meales2,254802462572782891,06428741--81-
Meningococcal infection832---3------81
Ophthalmia Neonatorum11-------------
Pneumonia, Acute Primary341---211126137145
Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal391-1--3226213911-
Poliomyelitis, Paralytic511---2-1----5-
Poliomyelitis, Non-paralytic5----13--1---5-
Puerperal Pyrexia119-------20909--117-
Scabies37--21-34413451--
Scarlet Fever9014614943112----311
Whooping Cough179221823121677811110
Totals2,9601182933073193301. 23863411363452293239