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Stoke Newington 1935
[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 1935.
| 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 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 1 | — | — | 74 |
| Diphtheria | 71 | — | 2 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | 69 |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 |
| Puerperal Fever | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | — | 6 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 13 | — | — | — | 13 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 17 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | a | 11 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued and Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Total | 228 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 64 | 22 | 18 | 46 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 198 |