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Stoke Newington 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND OTHER DISEASES. NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEAR 1946.
| DISEASE. | Total cases Notified | Cases admitted to Hospital. |
|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 71 | |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 5 |
| Whooping Cough | 65 | 5 |
| Measles | 498 | 14 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary and) Acute Influenzal ) | 18 | 1 |
| Dysentery | 5 | |
| Erysipelas | 9 | 3 |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | |
| " Pyrexia | 15 | 15 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 7 |
| Scabies | ||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | ||
| Malaria | 5 | |
| Enteritis | 4 | 4 |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | 1 | 1 |
SMALLPOX AND VACCINATION.
No case of Smallpox was notified. Of the 170 births registered
in Stoke Newington during 1945, 83, or 48.8 per cent were success
fully vaccinated.
TUBERCULOSIS.
There were notified 91 new cases of pulmonary and 11 new cases
of non-pulmonary tuberculosis. The death rate per 1,000 of the
population was 0.39 for pulmonary tuberculosis (17 deaths.)
TOTAL NUMBER OP TUBERCULOUS PERS ON S LIVING IN THE B O ROUGH.
The known tuberculous population increased from 344 to 381 during th e year.
| No, of cases on Register | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F | ||
| At the beginning of 1946 | 165 | 116 | 39 | 24 | 344 |
| At the and of 1946 | 176 | 138 | 43 | 24 | 381 |