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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 1909

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

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Table: TABLE B 2.Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during each month of the year 1909.

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..183..4....3..836
February..101..2....1....14
March..222..22..2..333
April..5..............49
May..154..2....5..127
June..431......1..211
July..44........1..918
August..81....1..2..214
September..44........2..515
October..45....1..5..318
November..81........2..617
December..6....1....4..112
Totals..108231114..28..44224

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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),
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