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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The following cases of infectious and contagious diseases were notified:
| Dysentery | 346 | Pneumonia (Acute Primary) | 6 |
| Encephalitis | 1 | Puerperal Pyrexia | 58 |
| Erysipelas | 17 | Scabies | 30 |
| Measles | 990 | Scarlet Fever | 165 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 3 | Typhoid | 5 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 14 | Tuberculosis | 109 |
| Pneumonia (Acute Influenzal) | 5 | Whooping Cough | 93 |
The TWO DEATHS associated with notified cases of infectious disease
Measles 1. (Female aged 2 years)
Meningoencephalitis 1. (Female aged 4 years)
DIPHTHERIA. For the eleventh successive year no case of Diphtheria was
notified, and since 1951 only one case has occurred in this Borough.
In England and Wales 29 cases were notified of which none proved fatal,
DYSENTERY (Sonne). Of the 346 cases notified 23 were associated with day
nurseries. In the previous year 474 cases were notified and there were 381
notifications in 1961.
DYSENTERY (Flexner). One case was notified.
ENCEPHALITIS (Post infectious). The one case notified made a satisfactory
recovery.
MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTION. There were two cases notified, one made a satisfactory
recovery, the other was a posthumous notification.
MEASLES Of the 990 cases notified 134 were admitted to hospital.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM Thirteen of the 14 cases notified were babies born
to Hackney mothers and one was a baby of a woman normally resident outside the
borough,
POLIOMYELITIS (Infantile paralysis). There were no cases notified during
the year.
POLIOMYELITIS Notifications and deaths of cases in Hackney since 1955:-
| Year | Type ' | Under 1 year | 14 years | 5-14 years | 15 19 years | 20 years and over | Totals | Total cases | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Paralytic Non paralytic | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 35 | - |
| - | - | 12 | 1 | 2 | 15 | - | |||
| 1956 | Paralytic Nonparalytic | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | - |
| - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | |||
| 1957 | Paralytic Non paralytic | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 5 | 10 | - |
| - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 5 | - | |||
| 1958 | Paralytic Non paralytic | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1959 | Paralytic Non paralytic | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | |||
| 1960 | Paralytic Non-paralytic | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1961 | Paralytic Non-paralytic | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1962 | Paralytic Non paralytic | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1963 | Paralytic Non paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 1964 | Paralytic Non paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |