London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
This page requires JavaScript
INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
The following cases of infectious and contagious diseases were notified:-
| Dysentery | 399 | Pneumonia (Acute Influenzal) | 7 |
| Encephalitis, Infective | 1 | Pneumonia (Acute Primary) | 17 |
| Encephalitis, Post infective | 1 | Poliomyelitis, Paralytic | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 15 | Puerperal Pyrexia | 82 |
| Measles | 1,188 | Scabies | 29 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | Scarlet Fever | 70 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | Tuberculosis | 87 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | Whooping Cough | 59 |
The FOUR DEATHS associated with notified cases of infectious disease
were:-
Measles 1
Pneumonia (Acute Primary) - Male aged 72 years 1
Erysipelas - Female aged 76 years 1
Meningococcal Infection - Male aged 11 years 1
The death from measles was that of a boy aged one year and four months
and the cause of death was given as:-
I a Hydrocephalus
b Removal of haematoma from midbrain
II Measles.
The erysipelas death was certified as follows:-
Erysipelas generalised carcinomatosis.
The death of the boy aged 11 years notified as a case of meningococcal
infection was notified as follows:-
Acute Suppurative Meningitis.
DIPHTHERIA. For the ninth successive year no case of Diphtheria was notified,
and since 1951 only one case has occurred in this Borough.
Four suspected cases were admitted to Hospital where the ultimate diagnoses
proved to be: -
Tonsillitis 3
?Infectious mononucleosis 1
In England and Wales 16 cases were notified of which two proved fatal. Diphtheria notifications and deaths in England and Wales for the past ten years:-
| Year | Deaths | Corrected notifications |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 23 | 266 |
| 1954 | 9 | 176 |
| 1955 | 13 | 155 |
| 1956 | 8 | 53 |
| 1957 | 6 | 37 |
| 1958 | 8 | 79 |
| 1959 | - | 103 |
| 1960 | 5 | 52 |
| 1961 | 10 | 51 |
| 1962 | 2 | 16 |
DYSENTERY (Amoebic). One case was notified.
DYSENTERY (Sonne). Of the 381 cases notified, 17 were associated with day
nurseries. In the previous year 48 cases were notified and there were 223
notifications in 1960