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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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INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASE IN ELECTORAL WARDS - 1962
| Disease | Kenninghall | Penbury | Kingsl and | Albion | Town Hall | Triangle | Chatham | Kingsmead | Wick | Victoria | Northfield | Springfield | Northwold | Rectory | Leabridge | Rushmore | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysentery | 7 | 14 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 21 | 201 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 7 | 399 |
| Encephalitis - Post Infective | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Encephalitis - Infective | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Pood Poisoning | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 21 |
| Measles | 46 | 72 | 60 | 34 | 54 | 46 | 237 | 78 | 95 | 78 | 29 | 27 | 47 | 61 | 61 | 163 | 1,188 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 9 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| Poliomyelitis, Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 20 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 82 |
| Scabies | - | 4 | 4 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 29 |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 70 |
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 11 | - | 6 | 8 | 3 | - | - | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 59 |
| Totals | 88 | 116 | 95 | 67 | 90 | 84 | 461 | 88 | 130 | 103 | 53 | 68 | 69 | 88 | 119 | 182 | 1,901 |