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Stoke Newington 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VIII.
Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during each month of the year 1911.
| Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Enteric Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Continued Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cerebro-Spinal Fever. | Phthisis. | Chicken-pox. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J anuary | — | 10 | 12 | — | — | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | - | — | 28 |
| February | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | - | 2 | — | 05 | — | 17 | |
| March | — | 6 | 1 | — | - | - | - | 4 | - | 3 | 6 | 20 | |
| April | — | 5 | 4 | - | 1 | - | — | - | - | 2 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| May | — | 4 | 7 | — | 5 | — | 25 | 11 | — | 52 | |||
| June | — | 5 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 4 | - | 29 |
| July | — | 8 | 1 | - | — | — | 1 | - | 8 | - | 1 | 19 | |
| August | — | 8 | 1 | — | 1 | — | - | 4 | — | 8 | - | - | 22 |
| September | — | 11 | 6 | — | 3 | — | — | 4 | - | 6 | - | 1 | 31 |
| October | — | 16 | 15 | 1 | - | — | — | 5 | — | 6 | - | 1 | 44 |
| November | — | 8 | 10 | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 6 | - | - | 31 |
| December | — | 11 | 9 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | - | 9 | - | - | 32 |
| Totals | — | 97 | 77 | 1 | 6 | — | — | 41 | - | 91 | 29 | 4 | 346 |
The Infectious Sickness Rate for London generally was 5.4.
Of the 29 Sanitary Areas situated within the Metropolis, the lowest
rates were those of City of Westminster (3.3), Kensington (3.5), City
of London (3.6); and the highest rates were those of Greenwich (8.1),
Finsbury (7.6), and Woolwich (7.2).
184 of the cases notified were removed from their homes to
Isolation Hospitals,