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Stoke Newington 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE IV. NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (other than Tuberculosis) DURING THE YEAR 1934.
| Notifiable Disease, | At all Ages. | Age Groups. | Admitted to Hospital. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1— 2 | 2— 3 | 3— 4 | 4— 5 | 5— 10 | 10— 15 | 15— 20 | 20— 35 | 35— 45 | 45— 65 | 65 & Over. | |||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 159 | — | 6 | J 2 | 10 | 11 | 63 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 1 | — | 122 |
| Diphtheria | 87 | — | o | 6 | 5 | 3 | 55 | 7 | 4 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 85 |
| Enteric | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | O | — | — | — | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 15 | 1 | — | — | 14 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 22 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 9 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 24 |
| Food I'oisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Continued and Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal Meningitis | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Total | 331 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 119 | 33 | 31 | 44 | 8 | 19 | 13 | 271 |