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Stoke Newington 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE III.
Classification and Detailed Statistics of Attendances, etc.
| Insured Persons Male | Insured Persons Female | Uninsured Persons Male | Uninsured Persons Female | Contacts | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | ||||||
| New patients attending | 9 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 40 |
| Attendances of old patients | 19 | 24 | 50 | 66 | 6 | — | 165 |
| Consultations with doctors | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Specimens of Sputum | |||||||
| examined | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | — | — | 11 |
| Attendances at special de | |||||||
| partments of the Hospital | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 33 | 31 | 61 | 87 | 9 | 1 | 222 |
ACUTE POLIO-MYELITIS AND CEREBRO-SPINAL
FEVER.
These two diseases, which had previously been made compulsorily
notifiable by many Local Authorities, were required to
be generally notified by a General Order of 'he Local Government
Board, which took effect on September Ist, 1912. The reasons
for making these diseases compulsorily notifiable were discussed
at length in my Annual Report for 1912. Cerebro-spinal Fever is
by far the more fatal of the two. 3 cases were notified in the
Borough during 1915; and 2 cases of Polio-myelitis. There were
no deaths from either disease.
THE DISINFECTING AND CLEANSING STATION.
During the year ending December 31st, 1915, the following
disinfecting and cleansing work was performed at the station:—