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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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| Notifiable Disease | Total number of confirmed cases | Ages | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under l year | 1-5 years | 5-15 years | | 15-25 years | 25-45 years | 45-65 years | 65 years-t†| Deaths | ||
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 26 | - | 9 | 13 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Acute encephalitis infective | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| post- infectious | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric (paratyphoid) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - |
| Measles | 188 | 8 | 105 | 74 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 6 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| non paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scabies | 8 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Scarlet fever | 52 | - | 9 | 43 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping cough | 36 | 3 | 19 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis pulmonary | 14 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| non pulmonary | 5 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Pood Poisoning | 13 | - | ~ | ~ | ~ | 5 | 4 | 4 | - |
| Total | 355 | 11 | 146 | 146 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 6 |
The following diseases are notifiable in this Borough -
| Disease | Authority for notification |
|---|---|
| Acute encephalitis | Public Health Act 1936 (Section 143) Reg, No, 2259 made by Minister of Health, 1949 (1.1.50). |
| Acute primary or influenzal | Public Health Act 1936 (Section 143) Reg, No, 299 |
| pneumonia | made by Minister of Health 1953 (1.4.53). |
| Acute poliomyelitis | Public Health Act 1936 (Section 143) Reg. No. 2259 made by Minister of Health 1949 (1.1.50). |
| Anthrax | Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Amendment Regulations 1960. |
| Cholera | Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (Section 192 and 304) |
| Continued fever | do. |
| Diphtheria | do. |
| Dysentery | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143) Reg. No. 299 made by the Minister of Health 1953 (1.4.53). |
| Enteric fever (including typhoid and para typhoid) | Public Health (London) Act 1936 (Section 192 and 304) Reg, No, 299 made by Minister of Health 1953 (1.4,53). |
| Erysipelas | Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (Section 192 and 304) |
| Food Poisoning | Food and Drugs Act, 1955 (Section 26), |
| Leprosy | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143) Reg. No. 1036 made by Minister of Health 1951 (22.6.51). |
| Malaria | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143) Reg. No. 299 |
| Measles | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143) Regs.Nos.1100 205 and 420 made by Minister of Health, 1938 1940 and 1948. |
| Membranous croup | Public Health (London) Act. 1936 (Section 192 and 304) |