London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Stoke Newington 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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| DISEASE | All ages | Cases Notified- | No. of cases admitted to Hospital | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At ages—Years | |||||||||||||
| 0-1 | 1-3 | 3-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-30 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50-65 | 65-over | |||
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| Dysentery | 6 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Erysipelas | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Malaria | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Measles | 437 | 17 | 144 | 129 | 134 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 11 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 15 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | - | — | — | |||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| Scabies | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | — | |
| Scarlet Fever | 38 | — | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 27 |
| Whooping Cough | 123 | 12 | 35 | 37 | 35 | 2 | -- | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| TOTALS | 678 | 32 | 192 | 170 | 196 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 56 |
The following is a summary of the age and sex distribution of the cases of tuberculosis notified during the year.
| Age Periods | NEW CASES | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0-1 | - | — | — | — |
| 1-5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 5-10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 10-15 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 15-20 | 5 | 3 | — | — |
| 20-25 | 5 | 10 | — | 1 |
| 25-35 | 11 | 4 | — | — |
| 35-45 | 10 | 1 | — | — |
| 45-55 | 7 | — | 1 | — |
| 55-65 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 |
| 65 and upwards | 2 | — | — | — |
| 48 | 24 | 3 | 3 | |