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Stoke Newington 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE B*.
Table showing the number of Cases and Deaths from the Infectious Diseases notified from among parishioners during the years 1892-1902.
| Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Continued Fever. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases, | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |
| 1892 | 2 | — | 232 | 6 | 59 | 9 | 2 | _ |
| 1893 | 8 | — | 354 | 4 | 84 | 5 | _ | — |
| 1894 | 3 | _ | 91 | 4 | 55 | 5 | — | — |
| 1895 | — | — | 129 | 1 | 57 | 6 | — | — |
| 1896 | 1 | — | 220 | 7 | 71 | 18 | — | — |
| 1897 | 2 | — | 108 | 1 | 53 | 19 | — | — |
| 1898 | — | — | 146 | 2 | 52 | 4 | — | — |
| 1899 | — | — | 178 | 2 | 31 | 6 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | 116 | 5 | 120 | 14 | _ | _ |
| 1901 | 26 | 3 | 174 | 4 | 137 | 14 | — | — |
| 1902 | 41 | 8 | 192 | 5 | 91 | 5 | — | — |
| Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Typhoid Fever. | Membranous Croup. | |||||
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |
| 1892 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 2 | — |
| 1893 | 37 | — | — | — | 31 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1894 | 25 | — | 2 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 1895 | 28 | — | 1 | — | 29 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| 1896 | 41 | — | 1 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 1897 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 1898 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 1899 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 5 | — | 1 |
| 1900 | 28 | — | 4 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 1901 | 39 | — | 4 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 1902 | 50 | — | 1 | — | 2 | |||
*In reading this table it must be borne in mind that the returns prior to those
of 1901, relate solely to the old Parish of Stoke Newington and not to the increased
area of the present Borough.