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Stoke Newington 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington]
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TABLE IV.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YE.AR 1921.
| 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 | 164 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 17 | — | — | 44 | 120 | 140 | |
| Erysipelas | 13 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | — | 4 | 9 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 453 | 4 | 313 | 45 | 22 | — | — | 96 | 357 | 381 | |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 43 | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 12 | — | 15 | 28 | 20 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 11 | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 11 | 4 |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Influenza | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | |
| Totals | 699 | 15 | 99 | 420 | 77 | 71 | 17 | — | 161 | 538 | 553 |