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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

Stoke Newington 1919

Report of the Medical Officer of Health and Public Analyst for the year 1919

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Table: TABLE IV.CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1919.

TABLE IV.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1919.

Notifiable Disease.Number of Cases Notified.Total Cases Notified in each Locality—(e.g., Parish or Ward) of the District.Total Cases removed to Hospital.
At all Ages.At Ages—Years
Under 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 6565 and upwards1 North Division2 South Division
Small Pox-----------
Cholera——————————-
Plague———————————
Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup11113163664—248794
Erysipelas40——46914712285
Scarlet Fever12211586155——358794
Typhus Fever—————_—-———
Enteric Fever2—1—1-—-112
Relapsing Fever———-—-—————
Continued Fever-----------
Puerperal Fever3——-—3——123
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis1—1-————-—1
Poliomyelitis———-————-——
Ophthalmia Neonatorum66—-————24—
Pulmonary Tuberculosis69——41832114195045
Other forms of Tuberculosis16—1851—1—166
Measles2011182103221—5614518
Influenza24—334941816-
Pneumonia19-121105—415—
Malaria25———718——322—
Dysentery1———1----1—
Totals6401913527366953913166474268