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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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MONTHLY SUMMARY OF INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS - 1962
| Disease | Jan | Feb. | March | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysentery, Amoebic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery, Sonne | 7 | 32 | 75 | 51 | 31 | 49 | 40 | 13 | 20 | 28 | 21 | 14 |
| Dysentery, Flexner | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 6 | 10 | - |
| Encephalitis - Infective | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis - Post Infective | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Pood Poisoning | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Measles | 7 | 8 | 80 | 46 | 34 | 61 | 119 | 114 | 65 | 149 | 239 | 266 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis, Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 10 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 5 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Scabies | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Scarlet Pever | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 6 |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Totals | 59 | 76 | 176 | 124 | 103 | 133 | 190 | 151 | 102 | 202 | 287 | 298 |