London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Disease | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysentery, Sonne | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Dysentery, Flexner | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 3 | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Malaria | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Measles | 382 | 620 | 629 | 375 | 263 | 174 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | 1 | . |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal | - | 16 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis, Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 17 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| Scabies | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . |
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 6 |
| Whooping Cough | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Totals | 432 | 676 | 664 | 412 | 309 | 212 | 71 | 39 | 34 | 31 | 46 | 26 |