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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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MONTHLY SUMMARY OF INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS - 1960
| Disease | Jon. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysentery, Sonne | 8 | 23 | 14 | 47 | 34 | 23 | 35 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 3 |
| Dysentery, Flexneri | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis, Infective | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Encephalitis, Post Infectious | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 3 | - | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Pood Poisoning | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Measles | 4 | 58 | 99 | 49 | 33 | 30 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 50 | 56 | 41 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Poliomyelitis, Paralytic | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 17 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 11 |
| Scabies | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 16 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 12 | 11 | 18 | 19 | 45 | 33 | 50 | 63 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 7 |
| Totals | 66 | 134 | 167 | 156 | 133 | 116 | 142 | 116 | 75 | 116 | 101 | 79 |