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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 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS IN AGE GROUPS, ADMISSIONS TO HOSPITALS, AND DEATHS 1962

INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS IN AGE GROUPS, ADMISSIONS TO HOSPITALS, AND DEATHS 1962

DiseaseAt all agesUnder 1 year1 to 2 years2 to 3 years3 to 4 years4 to 5 years5 to 10 years10 to 15 years15 to 20 years20 to 35 years35 to 45 years45 to 65 years65 years and overAdmitted to HospitalDeaths
Dysentery399316355362295177441415-216-
Encephalitis - Infective1--------1---1-
Encephalitis - Post Infective1------1-----1-
Erysipelas15---------310281
Food Poisoning2132111534--1-7-
Measles1,1886116914015213649618610---1621
Meningococcal Infection1------1-----11
Ophthalmia Neonatorum99-----------7-
Paratyphoid Fever1-----1------1-
Pneumonia, Acute Primary17--1-22-2224251
Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal7--------1-425-
Poliomyelitis, Paralytic1--------1---1-
Puerperal Pyrexia82-------13645--81-
Scabies29-1---31912111--
Scarlet Fever70-4261036642---15-
Whooping Cough59771076192-1---6-
Totals1,9011112462092021776574945138253575174