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Stoke Newington 1916
Report of the Medical Officer of Health and Public Analyst for the 1916
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TABLE VII.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during each month of then year 1916.
| Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Enteric Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Measles. | Erysipelas. | Anterior Polio-Myelitis. | Phthisis. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Cerebro-spinal Meningitis. | Other Forms of Tuberculosis. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | — | 10 | 15 | — | — | — | 14 | 4 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | 51 |
| February | — | 14 | 15 | — | 1 | — | 19 | 3 | — | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 64 |
| March | — | 8 | 8 | — | — | 1 | 12 | 1 | — | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 43 |
| April | — | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 32 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 53 |
| May | — | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | 43 | 4 | — | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 69 |
| June | — | 7 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 30 | 1 | — | 6 | — | 1 | 3 | 53 |
| July | — | 7 | 11 | — | — | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 2 | 38 |
| August | — | 8 | 5 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | 2 | 28 |
| Sept. | — | 6 | 13 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 1 | 7 | — | — | 3 | 34 |
| October | — | 7 | 14 | — | - | — | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | — | — | — | 40 |
| November | — | 5 | 14 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 11 | 1 | — | 1 | 34 |
| December | — | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | 18 |
| Totals | — | 86 | 109 | — | 3 | 4 | 178 | 19 | 5 | 81 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 525 |
The Infectious Sickness Rate for London generally was 5.1.
Of the 29 Sanitary Areas situated within the Metropolis, the lowest
rates were those of Kensington and City of Westminster, 3.2; St.
Marylebone and Hampstead, 3.5; the City of London, 3.7; and
the highest rates were those of Bethnal Green, 8.4; and Shoreditch,
7.8.
Two hundred and forty-three of the cases notified were removed
from their homes to Isolation Hospitals.