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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 1899

Report of the Medical Officer of Health and Public Analyst for the year 1899

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Table: (B.) Table of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Sickness, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1899, in the Parish of St. Mary, Stoke Newington, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

(B.) Table of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Sickness, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1899, in the Parish of St. Mary, Stoke Newington, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Names of Localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospitals.
Small-pox.ScarlatinaDiphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fever.Erysipelas.Totals.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Fevers.Totals.
Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1898.Enteric or Typhoid.Puerperal.Enteric or Typhoid.Puerperal.
(1) Northern Division30,93634,8 00789Under 5..82........10..41....5
5 upwds...317..521459..1511118
2) Southern DivisionUnder 5..366........42..202....22
5 upwds...10316..11616152..6757..79
Totals30,93634,800789....17831..16830263..106981124

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The "Notification of Infectious Disease" has been compulsory in the district since October 30th, 1889. Cases have been isolated at the Homerton
Fever Hospital, St. Anne's Fever Hospital (Tottenham), the London Fever Hospital (Liverpool Road, N.), and the Mildmay Memorial Hospital.