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Stoke Newington 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE IV.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1926.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality—(i.e., Parish or Ward) of the District. | Total Cases removed to Hospital | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | North Division | South Division | |||
| Small Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | 84 | 1 | 20 | 46 | 8 | 9 | — | — | 25 | 59 | 78 |
| Erysipelas | 19 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 4 |
| Scarlet Fever | 192 | 2 | 50 | 127 | 11 | 2 | — | — | 35 | 157 | 162 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 6 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 8 | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | — | — | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 3 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 74 | — | 1 | 2 | 14 | 41 | 14 | 2 | 29 | 45 | 38 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 19 | — | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | — | 7 | 12 | 7 |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Influenzal Pneumonia | 7 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 4 | 1 | 6 | — |
| Acute Pneumonia | 16 | — | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 441 | 9 | 81 | 185 | 48 | 78 | 31 | 9 | 114 | 327 | 312 |