Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 1909.
Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Enteric Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Continued Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cerebro-Spinal Fever. | Phthisis. | Totals. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | .. | 18 | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 8 | 36 |
February | .. | 10 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 14 |
March | .. | 22 | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 33 |
April | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 9 |
May | .. | 15 | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | 27 |
June | .. | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 11 |
July | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 9 | 18 |
August | .. | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 14 |
September | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | 15 |
October | .. | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | 3 | 18 |
November | .. | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 6 | 17 |
December | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 12 |
Totals | .. | 108 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 4 | .. | 28 | .. | 44 | 224 |
The Infectious Sickness Rate for London generally was 61.
Of the 29 Sanitary Areas situated within the Metropolis, the
lowest rates were those of Stoke Newington(3.3), Hampstead (3.8),
c