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Hackney 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS IN AGE GROUPS
ADMISSIONS TO HOSPITALS, AND DEATHS - 1959
Disease
At all ages
Under 1 year
1 to 2 years
2 to 3 years
3 to 4 years
4 to 5 years
5 to 10 years
10 to 15 years
15 to 20 years
20 to 35 years
35 to 45 years
45 to 65 years
65 and upwards
Admitted to Hospital
Deaths
Dysentery
168
12
21
25
16
15
24
8
-
20
4
10
13
38
-
Encephalitis, Post Infectious
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
Erysipelas
14
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
3
6
3
6
-
Pood Poisoning
51
11
1
3
2
-
8
-
4
10
4
5
3
23
-
Measles
1,592
56
188
199
223
. 196
696
27
2
4
1
-
-
59
-
Meningococcal Infection
8
1
3
-
1
-
2
-
-
-
-
1
-
8
1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
24
24
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
24
-
Paratyphoid Fever
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
Pneumonia, Acute Primary
29
1
-
2
-
-
4
-
-
4
2
4
12
12
8
Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal
23
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
11
10
7
3
Poliomyelitis, Paralytic
6
-
-
1
-
-
2
-
-
2
1
-
-
5
3
Poliomyelitis, Non-paralytic
2
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
Puerperal Pyrexia
140
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
22
105
13
-
-
138
-
Scabies
38
2
2
3
-
1
2
3
5
14
3
3
-
1
-
Scarlet Fever
166
-
2
11
14
19
81
34
3
2
-
-
-
29
-
Whooping Cough
36
4
5
8
4
3
11
1
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
Totals
2,299
111
222
252
260
235
830
75
38
163
31
41
41
357
15