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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASE IN ELECTORAL WARDS - 1960
| Disease | Kenningh all | Pembury | Kingsland | Albion | Town Hall | Triangle | Chatham | Kingsmead | Nick | Victoria | North field | Springfield | Northwold | Rectory | Leabridge | Rushmore | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysentery | 13 | 31 | 38 | 15 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 228 |
| Encephalitis, Infective | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Encephalitis, Post Infectious | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Erysipelas | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | 5 | - | 20 |
| Pood Poisoning | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 33 |
| Measles | 27 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 28 | 20 | 15 | 38 | 19 | 125 | 46 | 37 | 61 | 468 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 27 |
| Poliomyelitis, Paralytic | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 46 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 132 |
| Scabies | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 25 |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 128 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 19 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 26 | 18 | 33 | 22 | 36 | 11 | 17 | 32 | 12 | 29 | 19 | 326 |
| Totals | 77 | 79 | 79 | 47 | 65 | 63 | 73 | 86 | 120 | 74 | 86 | 59 | 189 | 87 | 102 | 115 | 1,401 |