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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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MONTHLY SUMMARY OF INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS - 1958
| Disease | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug | Sep t | Oct. | Nov | Dec. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pysentery | 28 | 35 | 35 | 27 | 37 | 14 | 38 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 8 |
| Encephalitis, Infective | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis, Post Infectious | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | |
| Pood Poisoning | - | - | - | 2 | - | 8 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Measles | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 61 | 113 | 229 | 103 | 25 | 37 | 107 | 123 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal | 10 | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Poliomyelitis, Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 10 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 19 |
| Scabies | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 12 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 17 | 12 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| Totals | 78 | 100 | 69 | 66 | 134 | 182 | 332 | 146 | 87 | 121 | 166 | 175 |