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Stoke Newington 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]

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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES
During 1951 there were 1,665 cases of notifiable infectious disease as
compared with 695 cases in 1950.

The following table shows the incidence of the various diseases:—

Disease.19471948194919501951
Cerebro-Spinal Fever42
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis3
Diphtheria13
Dysentery166788
Erysipelas51110138
Food Poisoning15104
Malaria1
Measles3674376403911,100
Ophthalmia Neonatorum7112
Paratyphoid1
Pemphigus Neonatorum
Pneumonia915182627
Poliomyelitis921011
Polio-encephalitis11
Puerperal Fever12
Puerperal Pyrexia8911921
Scabies5532946
Scarlet Fever573829102114
Typhoid111
Whooping Cough11012372116293
6376788146951,665

The attack rates for the principal infectious diseases in England and Wales, London and Stoke Newington were as follows:—

DiseaseEngland and WalesLondonStoke Newington
Diphtheria0.020.01
Erysipelas0.140.150.16
Measles14.0714.6422.24
Pneumonia0.990.720.54
Scarlet Fever1.111.102.30
Whooping Cough3.873.115.92
Poliomyelitis and Polio-encephalitis0.050.04