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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 1903
[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 1903.
| Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Enteric Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Continued Fever. | Erysipelas. | Chicken-pox. | Phthisis. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 9 | 5 | 26 | |
| February | ... | 18 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 5 | 32 |
| March | ... | 6 | 6 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 18 |
| April | 1 | 3 | 7 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 16 |
| May | ... | 7 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 13 |
| June | ... | 6 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 17 |
| July | ... | 11 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 19 |
| August | ... | 4 | 3 | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 6 | ... | 3 | 21 |
| September | ... | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 6 | 21 |
| October | ... | 6 | 1 | ... | 14 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | 28 |
| November | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 4 | 10 |
| December | ... | 13 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 5 | 27 |
| Totals | 1 | 88 | 37 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 44 | 248 |
The Infectious Sickness Rate for London generally was 6.0 and of
the 29 Sanitary Areas situated within the Metropolis, the rate for
Stoke Newington was the lowest; the next lowest rates were
those of Hampstead (3.9), Westminster (4.3), Kensington (4.3), and
Greenwich (5.0), and the highest were Camberwell (10.1), and Hackney
(8).
113 of the cases notified were removed from their homes to
Isolation Hospitals.