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Stoke Newington 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND OTHER DISEASES.
| DISEASE | Total cases Notified | Cases admitted to Hospital. |
|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 57 | 14 |
| Diphtheria | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 110 | 4 |
| Measles | 367 | 15 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary and) acute Influenzal ) | 9 | _ |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 |
| „ Pyrexia | 8 | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | - |
| Scabies | 55 | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 4 | 4 |
| Paratyphoid | 1 | - |
| Poliomyelitis | 9 | 9 |
| Polio-Encephalitis | 1 | - |
| Typhoid | 1 | 1 |
| Pood Poisoning | 2 | 1 |
SMALLPOX AND VACCINATION.
No case of Smallpox was notified. Of the 290 births registered
in Stoke Newington during 1946, 176 or 60. 6 per cent were successfully
vaccinated.
TUBERCULOSIS.
There were notified 91 new cases of pulmonary and 8 new cases of
non-pulmonary tuberculosis. The death rate per 1,000 of the population
was 0.73 for pulmonary tuberculosis (34 deaths).
TOTAL NUMBER OP TUBERCULOUS PERSONS LIVING IN THE BOROUGH.
The known tuberculous population increased from 381 to 415 during
the current year.
No. of cases on Register. Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Total.
M F M F
At the beginning of 1947 176 138 43 24 381
At the end of 1947 203 144 39 29 415