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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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| Disease | Authority for notification |
|---|---|
| Meningococcal infection | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143) Reg. No. 2259 made by Minister of Health 1949 (1.1,50). |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (Section 192 and 305) and Reg. No, 971 made by Minister of Health, 1926 (1.10.26) amended by S.R.O. 1928 No. 419 and 1937, No, 35. |
| Plague | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143), Regulations of Local Government Board, 1900. |
| Puerperal pyrexia | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143). Regulations made by Minister of Health, 1951. No, 1081 and 1954 No. 1691. |
| Relapsing fever | Public Health (London) Act 1936 (Section 192 and 304) |
| Scabies (first case in house within 4 weeks) | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143) Reg, No. 1016 made by Minister of Health 1943 (1.8.43). |
| Scarlatina or scarlet fever | Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (Section 192 and 304) |
| Smallpox | do. |
| Tuberculosis | Public Health Act 1936 (Section 143) Reg, No. 704 made by Minister of Health 1952 (1 5.52), |
| Typhus fever | Public Health (London) Act 1936 (Section 192 and 304) |
| Whooping cough | Public Health Act 1936 (Section 143) Reg Nos.1100 205 and 420 made by Minister of Health, 1938, 1940 and 1948. |
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS
Bacteriological examinations were undertaken by the Bacteriological
Laboratory of the Medical Research Council which is accommodated at County
Hall.
Records of examinations carried out are as follows
Nose and Throat Swabs:
C„ Diphtheriae mitis isolated
Haemolytic Streptococci present 3
Negative results 6 9
Faeces Specimens
Shigella Sonnei isolated 30
Salmonella typhi murium isolated 2
CI Welchii isolated 3
Negative results 154 189
Swimming bath water examinations 8
Milk samples 19
Ice Cream samples 31
TUBERCULOSIS
Notifications Fourteen cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and five of
non-pulmonary tuberculosis were notified during 1964 compared with 13 pulmonary
and 4 non-pulmonary notifications in 1963. The following table gives the age
grouping of new cases notified.