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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE B2.
Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during each month of the year 1906.
| Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Enteric Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Continued Fever. | Erysipelas. | Chicken-pox. | Phthihis. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | .. | 10 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | 19 |
| February | .. | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | 15 |
| March | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 5 | 18 |
| April | .. | 10 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 21 |
| May | .. | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 14 |
| June | .. | 6 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 13 |
| July | .. | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 20 |
| August | .. | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 12 |
| September | .. | 10 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 21 |
| October | .. | 29 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 15 | .. | .. | 49 |
| November | .. | 16 | 7 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 6 | .. | 4 | 36 |
| December | .. | 17 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | 2 | 29 |
| Totals | .. | 137 | 45 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .. | 48 | .. | 25 | 267 |
The Infectious Sickness Rate for London generally was 7'5.
Of the 29 Sanitary Areas situated within the Metropolis, the
lowest rates were those of Stoke Newington (5), Holborn (5), City
of Westminster (5.4), St. Pancras(6), Hampstead (6.3), Lewisham
(6.4), and the highest were Bermondsey (12 2), Southwark (11'2),
and Greenwich (10'7).
163 of the cases notified were removed from their homes to
Isolation Hospitals.
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