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 1910.
Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Enteric Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Continued Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cerebro- Spinal Fever. | Phthisis. | Totals. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | .. | 7 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 13 |
February | .. | 7 | 10 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 23 |
March | .. | 10 | 1 | .. | •• | .. | .. | • • | .. | 4 | 16 |
April | .. | 3 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 5 | 21 |
May | .. | 5 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 16 |
June | .. | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | 20 |
July | .. | 10 | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 23 |
August | .. | 8 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 20 |
September | .. | 5 | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 16 |
October | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 0 | 17 |
November | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 13 |
December | .. | 7 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 8 | .. | 3 | 23 |
Totals | •• | 84 | 53 | .. | 10 | 3 | •• | 31 | 1 | 39 | 221 |
The Infectious Sickness Rate for London generally was 4.5 Of
the 29 Sanitary Areas situated within the Metropolis, the lowest
rates were those of Hampstead (2.6), Stoke Newington and City of
Westminster (3.1), Chelsea (3.2); and the highest rates were those
of Woolwich (6), Bermondsey (5.9), and Finsbury (5.6).
138 of the cases notified were removed from their homes to
Isolation Hospitals.