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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 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Parish of St. Mary]
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TABLE B 2.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during each month of the
year 1898.
| Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Membranous Group | Typhoid Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | .. | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 13 |
| February | .. | 3 | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 12 |
| March | .. | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 10 |
| April | .. | 11 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| May | .. | 13 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 19 | |
| June | .. | 16 | 4 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 23 |
| July | .. | 12 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 18 |
| August | .. | 7 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 11 |
| September | .. | 23 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 29 |
| October | .. | 12 | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | 4 | 23 |
| November | .. | 21 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 42 |
| December | .. | 16 | 9 | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | 31 |
| Totals | .. | 146 | 52 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 28 | 248 |
The Infectious Sickness Rate for London generally was 8.3,
and of the 43 Sanitary Areas situated within the Metropolis, the
lowest rates were those of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields (3.2), St.
James, Westminster (4.5), Strand (4.9), St. George, Hanover
Square (5.2), St. Giles (5.3), and the highest were Fulham, St.
Luke, St. George, Southwark, Battersea, Hackney, all of which
exceeded 11.0.
114 of the cases notified were removed from their homes to
Isolation Hospitals, as against 84 in the preceding year.