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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VIII.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during each month of the year 1915.
| Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Enteric Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Chicken Pox. | Erysipelas. | Anterior Polio Myelitis. | Phthisis. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | Other Forms of Tubercu'osis | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | — | 24 | 13 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 10 | 1 | — | 2 | 51 | |
| February | 14 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 15 | — | — | — | 37 | |
| March | — | 15 | 9 | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | 9 | — | 1 | 1 | 41 | |
| April | — | 3 | 11 | — | 1 | — | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 3 | 57 |
| May | — | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | 15 | — | 2 | 1 | 36 |
| June | — | 10 | 5 | — | — | — | 4 | 8 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 33 | |
| July | — | 10 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 20 | |
| August | — | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 6 | — | — | 4 | 25 |
| Sept. | — | 16 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 5 | — | — | 1 | 33 |
| October | — | 35 | 16 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 59 |
| November | — | 18 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 9 | 1 | — | 3 | 43 |
| December | — | 16 | 21 | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | 52 |
| Totals | — 200 | 107 | — | 4 | 2 | 16 | 40 | 2 | 88 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 487 | |
The Infectious Sickness Rate for London generally was 7.0.
Of the 29 Sanitary Areas situated within the Metropolis, the
lowest rates were those of Kensington (4.5) and Hampstead (4.7),
and the highest rates were those of Bethnal Green (12.4) and
Stepney (II.I).
310 of the cases notified were removed from their homes to
Isolation Hospitals.