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Stoke Newington 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington]
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TABLE IV.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1917.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality—(e.g., Parish or Ward) of the District. | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years | ||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | 1 North Division | 2 South Division | |||
| Small Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | 110 | 2 | 30 | 61 | 9 | 7 | 1 | — | 27 | 83 | 96 |
| Erysipelas | 24 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 38 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 32 | 36 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 101 | — | — | 5 | 20 | 58 | 16 | 2 | 27 | 74 | 47 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 16 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | — | — | 3 | 13 | 4 |
| Measles | 918 | 20 | 301 | 492 | 60 | 40 | 5 | — | — | — | 38 |
| Totals | 1221 | 31 | 344 | 588 | 98 | 126 | 30 | 7 | — | — | 231 |