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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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Whooping Cough.
| Year. | Death-Rate for Stoke Newington. | Rate for London generally. | Rate for England and Wales. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 0.04 | 0.35 | 0.31 |
| 1902 | 0.27 | 0.41 | 0.29 |
| 1903 | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.27 |
| 1904 | 0.25 | 0.32 | 0.34 |
| 1905 | 0.17 | 0.32 | 0.25 |
| 1906 | 0.32 | 0.26 | 0.23 |
| 1907 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.29 |
| 1908 | 0.13 | 0.20 | 0.28 |
| 1909 | 0.24 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
| 1910 | 0.13 | 0.28 | 0.24 |
ZYMOTIC DIARRHOEA.
| Year. | Death-Rate for Stoke Newington. | Rate for London generally. | Rate for England and Wales. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 0.31 | 0.87 | 0.92 |
| 1902 | 0.39 | 0.54 | 0.38 |
| 1903 | 0.25 | 0.63 | 0.50 |
| 1904 | 0.49 | 1.03 | 0.86 |
| 1905 | 0.74 | 0.72 | 0.59 |
| 1906 | 0.50 | 0.95 | 0.87 |
| 1907 | 0.24 | 0.32 | 0.30 |
| 1908 | 0.35 | 0.54 | 0.51 |
| 1909 | 0.11 | 0.33 | 0.29 |
| 1910 | 0.22 | 0.28 | 0.29 |
MEASLES.
Practically all children are susceptible to Measles, and when
exposed to infection develop the disease. The long incubation period
of about 12 to 11 days, and the insidious onset of symptoms during
which the child is in the most infectious condition, render it practically
impossible to prevent the spread of infection in infant schools.
It is, moreover, amongst children under 5 years of age that most of
the mortality from this disease occurs, the disease being practically
non-fatal after 7 or 8. Thus the bringing together of children
under 5 in school class-rooms plays a great part in the spread of the
disease amongst that section of the population in which Measles is
especially fatal, by determining a high attack-rate within an age-period