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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 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE B 2.
Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during each month of the year 1901.
| Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Membranous Croup | Typhoid Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | .. | 19 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 34 |
| February | .. | 5 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 22 |
| March | .. | 7 | 15 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 25 |
| April | .. | 8 | 5 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 17 |
| May | .. | 10 | 7 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| June | .. | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | 18 |
| July | .. | 15 | 9 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | 31 |
| August | 2 | 18 | 9 | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| September | 5 | 15 | 12 | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | 38 |
| October | 1 | 23 | 29 | 2 | 3 | .. | 7 | 65 |
| November | 2 | 20 | 16 | .. | 4 | 1 | 6 | 49 |
| December | 16 | 80 | 6 | .. | 5 | .. | 3 | 60 |
| Totals | 26 | 174 | 137 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 39 | 410 |
The Infectious Sickness Rate for London generally was 8.9
and of the 43 Sanitary Areas situated within the Metropolis, the
lowest rates were those of Chelsea (5.3), City of Westminster (5.8),
and Kensington and Hampstead (5.9), and the highest were Holborn
(13.1), Bethnal Green and Bermondsey (12.9), and Hackney (11.4).
239 of the cases notified were removed from their homes to
Isolation Hospitals.