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Stoke Newington 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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VI.—PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES GENERALLY.
DISEASES COMPULSORILY NOTIFIABLE IN THE
BOROUGH.
Acute Poliomyelitis.
Acute Polio-encephalitis.
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica.
Acute Primary Pneumonia.
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia.
Cerebro-spinal Fever.
Plague.
Anthrax.
Glanders.
Hydrophobia.
Cholera.
Continued Fever.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Diphtheria.
Membranous Croup.
Dysentery.
Erysipelas.
Malaria.
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal
Pyrexia.
Relapsing Fever.
Small-pox.
Typhus Fever.
Tuberculosis.
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever.
Typhoid or Enteric Fever.
Food Poisoning.
Table IV shows the total number of cases of infectious diseases
(excluding Tuberculosis) notified during the year, the distribution
by age-groups and the number of cases admitted to hospitals.
Notifications.—The total number of cases of infectious
diseases, excluding Tuberculosis, notified during the year was 228,
as compared with 331 for the year 1934.