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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 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]

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TABLE B2.

Table: Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during each month of the year 1907.

Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during each month of the year 1907.

Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Continued Fever.Erysipelas.Cerebro-spinal Fever.Phthisis.Totals.
January..125........6..427
February..39..1....1..317
March..1552......5..431
April..20421....2..332
May..283..3....1..136
June..131....1......621
July..184..2....11531
August..175..2....2..228
September..2416........1..142
October..3035..21..2..575
November..3011..2....6..251
December..281111....2..245
Totals..2381095142..29138436

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The Infectious Sickness Rate for London generally was 8.6.
Of the 29 Sanitary Areas situated within the Metropolis, the
lowest rates were those of the City of Westminster (4.2), Holborn
(5.1), Paddington (5.3), Hampstead (5.6), and the highest rates
were those of Stepney (14.6), and Bethnal Green (14.5).
314 of the cases notified were removed from their homes to
Isolation Hospitals.