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Hackney 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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MONTHLY SUMMARY OF INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS - 1959
Disease
J an
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Dysentery
11
5
14
7
17
65
12
2
11
2
12
10
Encephalitis, Post Infectious
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
Erysipelas
-
3
1
-
-
-
1
1
1
1
4
2
Pood Poisoning
1
-
-
3
1
4
3
11
6
6
10
6
Measles
187
368
260
228
266
171
88
15
1
-
3
5
Meningococcal Infection
-
1
2
2
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
10
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
4
-
-
-
Paratyphoid Fever
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pneumonia, Acute Primary
3
5
6
2
1
1
1
2
2
-
1
5
Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal
-
14
8
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Poliomyelitis, Paralytic
-
1
-
-
-
1
3
-
1
-
-
-
Poliomyelitis, Non-paralytic
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
Puerperal Pyrexia
20
14
2
3
8
13
12
24
10
14
9
11
Scabies
5
-
6
-
3
1
2
-
3
2
7
9
Scarlet Fever
16
13
12
15
18
14
13
3
10
14
16
22
Whooping Cough
7
2
1
2
1
3
1
6
6
7
Totals
260
431
313
263
316
276
135
64
55
39
69
78