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Stoke Newington 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE I.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Net Deaths at the subjoined ages of “Residents ” whether occu ring within or without the Borough. | ||||||||||||
| Sex. | All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 55 years. | 55 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75 years. ; | 75 years and upwards. | |
| All Causes | M. | 319 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 34 | 62 | 66 | |
| F. | 336 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 38 | 87 | 125 | |
| 1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2 Measles | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3 Scarlet Fever | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4. Whooping Cough | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 5. Diphtheria | M. | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 6. Influenza | M. | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| F. | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | |
| 7. Encephalitis Lethargica | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 8. Cerebro-spinal Fever | M. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F. | 1 | - | - | - | 1 - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 9. Tuberculosis of Respiratorv System | M. | 35 | - | - | - | 7 | / | 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 | - | |
| F. | 19 | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | 4 | 3 | - | 2 | 3 | - | |
| 10. Other Tuberculous Diseases | M. | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 11. Syphilis | M. | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| F. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 12. General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis | M. | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 13. Cancer, Malignant Disease | M. | 42 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | 13 | 16 | 5 |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 11 | ||
| 14. Diabetes | M. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| F. | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 15. Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | M. | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| F. | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | |
| 16. Heart Disease | M. | 54 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 22 |
| F. | 88 | - | - | - | 1 | i | - | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 57 | |
| 17. Aneurysm | M. | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| F. | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| IS. Other Circulatory Diseases | M. | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 10 | 13 |
| F. | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 14 | |
| 19. Bronchitis | M. | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| F. | 19 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | |
| 20. Pneumonia (all forms) | M. | 26 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 4 | 3 | |
| F. | 15 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 21. Other Respiratory Diseases | M. | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| F. | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 22. Peptic Ulcer | M. | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 23. Diarrhoea, etc. | M. | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 24. Appendicitis | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| 25. Cirrhosis of Liver | M. | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 26. Other Diseases of Liver, etc. | F. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| M. | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | |
| F. | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | |
| 27. Other Digestive Diseascs | M. | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| F. | 8 | - | - | - | 1 - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| 28. Acute and Chronic Nephritis | M. | 10 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| F. | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 7 | 2 | |
| 29. Puerperal Sepsis .. | F. | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 30. Other Puerperal Causes.. | F. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31. Congenital Debility, Pre- mature Birth,Malform- tions, etc. | M. | 13 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | 11 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 32. Senility | M. | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| F. | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | |
| 33. Suicide | M. | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | |||
| F. | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| 34. Other Violence | M. | 13 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - |
| F. | 7 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | |
| 35. Other Defined Diseases.. | M. | 27 | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| F. | 23 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ? | 6 | 3 | |
| 36. Causes ill-defined, or unknown | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |