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Stoke Newington 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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SCARLET FEVER.
The 137 cases of Scarlet Fever occurred in 113 houses, in 6 of which there were grave insanitary conditions ; in 13 the insanitary conditions were slight, and in the remaining houses there was an absence of such conditions.
| Year. | Death-Kate for Stoke Newington. | Rate for London generally. | Rate for England and Wales. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.13 |
| 1902 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.15 |
| 1903 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 012 |
| 1904 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.11 |
| 1905 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.11 |
| 1906 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.10 |
School attendance was ascribed as the origin of the infection
in 13 cases; and in two cases there were strong reasons for believing
that the infection was Communicated by a patient recently dismissed
from a fever hospital. The infection was imported into the Borough
in at least 2 instances, and in 5 instances the infection was directly
contracted from a preceding case.
There has been a very marked prevalence of Scarlet Fever in
London and several other parts of the country during the year, and
Stoke Newington appears to have suffered less than many other
parts of the Metropolis.
According to the Report of the Metropolitan Asylums Board
for the year 1905, over 19,000 cases of Scarlet Fever were admitted
to the Board's Hospitals. To show the growing appreciation of these
Hospitals and by consequence the growing extent to which the public