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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Disease | Jan. | Feb. | March | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysentery, Sonne | 30 | 13 | 39 | 32 | 22 | 17 | 52 | 20 | 36 | 87 | 75 | 51 |
| Dysentery, Flexner | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Pood Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .2 | - | - |
| Measles | 189 | 284 | 289 | 156 | 100 | 131 | 130 | 48 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 13 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Scabies | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 9 |
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | - | 2 | 8 | 5 | - |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | I | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 41 | 48 | 61 | 45 | 25 |
| Totals | 242 | 322 | 349 | 204 | 135 | 172 | 225 | 123 | 117 | 176 | 148 | 110 |