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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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INQUESTS.
1 The following Inquests upon deatlis of Parishioners were held during the year 1911.
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accidents (Due to Falls) | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | 8 |
| „ (Motor) | - | 1 | - | — | 1 |
| „ (Operation) | - | 1 | - | — | 1 |
| „ (Burns) | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| „ (Stomach Injury) | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| „ (Suffocation by Gases) | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| „ (Suffocation) | 1 | — | - | 1 | 2 |
| Tubercular Meningitis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Old Age | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Heart Disease | - | 1 | - | 6 | 7 |
| Acute Mania | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Acute Bronchitis | — | - | — | 1 | 1 |
| Acute Pneumonia | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 |
| Alcoholic Poisoning | - | — | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Inanition | — | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Septic Pneumonia | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Septic Ulcer | — | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Apoplexy | 2 | - | - | — | 2 |
| Haemoptysis | 1 | - | — | — | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | - | - | — | 1 |
| Suicide (Bullet Wound) | 1 | - | — | - | 1 |
| Kidney Disease | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| Syncope—due to exertion | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Totals | 15 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 46 |
INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND THE MEASURES TAKEN
TO PREVENT THEIR SPREAD.
It will be seen from Table VI. that 846 Notification Certificates
of Infections Illness were received from medical practitioners, as
against 221 during the preceding year. These figures include
notifications of Consumption, Chicken-Pox and Ophthalmia Neonatorum;
and they represent an increase in the prevalence of communicable
disease, as compared with the figures for 1910, even
when allowance is made for the effects of the extension of the
scheme for the compulsory notification of Consumption, and the
notifications of Chicken-Pox and of Ophthalmia in the newly born.