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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 1908

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

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Table: TABLE B2.Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during each month of the year 1908.

TABLE B2.

Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during each month of the year 1908.

Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Continued Fever.Erysipelas.Cerebro-Spinal FeverPhthisis.Totals.
January..911..11..41229
February..196....2..2..332
March..317..1........140
April.. ..133........2..119
May..57........2..115
June..205........2....28
j July..103........2..218
August..43........3....10
September..134..11..1..222
October..194..3........127
November..323..3....3..445
December..204........3....27
Totals..19560..104..24..17312

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The Infectious Sickness Rate for London generally was 7.4.
Of the 29 Sanitary Areas situated within the Metropolis, the
lowest rates were those of Hampstead (4.3), Kensington (4.7),
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