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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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Table showing Notifications of Infectious Disease received in 1950 in age Groups and admissions to Hospital.
| Disease. | Cases Notified. | No. of cases admitted to Flospital | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At ages — Years. | |||||||||||||
| All ages. | 0-1 | 1-3 | 3-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 1 | 20-30 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50-65 | 65-over | ||
| Diphtheria | 3 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 2 | _ | _ | _ | 3 |
| Dysentery | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | - | — | 2 | — | - | - | — | 4 |
| Erysipelas | 13 | 1 | — | - | — | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Food Poisoning | 10 | — | 1 | 1 | — | - | _ | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | i | 3 |
| Measles | 391 | 11 | 100 | 144 | 132 | 2 | 1 | 1 | _ | — | - | _ | 16 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | - | _ | _ | _ | — | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 26 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | _ | — | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Poliomyelitis | 11 | — | — | 2 | <3 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | - | — | - | 11 |
| Polio-encephalitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | - | — | - | 8 | |||||
| Scabies | 4 | 1 | — | — | - | — | 1 | - | 1 | _ | 1 | - | _ |
| Scarlet Fever | 102 | — | 13 | 32 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 53 | |||||
| Whooping Cough | 116 | 11 | 26 | 36 | 37 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | - | — | - | 11 |
| Totals | 695 | 28 | 143 | 217 | 223 | 19 | 7 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 125 |
TUBERCULOSIS
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. | |||
| Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | |
| 0-1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1-5 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 5-10 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| 10-15 | — | 2 | — | — |
| 15-20 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| 20-25 | 5 | 12 | — | — |
| 25-35 | 13 | 4 | 1 | — |
| 35-45 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 |
| 45-55 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 55-65 | 3 | — | — | — |
| 65-75 | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| 75 and upwards | 2 | — | — | —— |
| Totals | 33 | 30 | 3 | 1 |