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Hackney 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASE IN ELECTORAL WARDS - 1959
Disease
Kenninghall
Pembury
KingsIand
Albion
Town Hall
Triangle
Chatham
Kingsmead
Wick
Victoria
Northfield
Springfield
Northwold
Rectory
Leabridge
Rushmore
Totals
Dysentery
7
17
6
-
9
4
5
6
13
2
11
18
38
22
5
5
168
Encephalitis, Post Infectious
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
Erysipelas
-
-
3
1
1
2
-
-
2
-
2
-
1
-
2
-
14
Pood Poisoning
4
3
1
3
4
3
3
9
2
-
8
-
5
2
4
-
51
Measles
73
142
38
43
84
103
166
145
159
174
80
56
73
99
86
71
1,592
Meningococcal Infection
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
1
1
2
8
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
18
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
-
-
1
2
-
24
Paratyphoid Fevej"
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
Pneumonia, Acute Primary
4
2
-
-
-
-
1
1
2
1
1
3
5
2
4
3
29
Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal
1
3
1
-
-
-
-
2
1
1
1
-
3
2
7
1
23
Poliomyelitis, Paralytic
-
1
2
-
-
-
1
i
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
6
Poliomyelitis, Non-paralytic
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
Puerperal Pyrexia
33
4
3
2
9
3
5
3
29
7
8
2
8
10
7
7
140
Scabies
3
5
5
4
1
2
2
1
-
2
1
2
5
3
2
-
38
Scarlet Fever
5
6
3
8
5
20
18
10
9
28
9
4
14
7
11
9
166
Whooping Cough
2
4
2
2
2
4
2
1
1
4
2
3
3
2
2
36
1 Totals
152
189
64
62
115
140
205
182
218
216
127
87
156
152
133
101
2,299