Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the last three-quarters of the year 1894
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comparing it with that of other communities is very high. In
Table A 3 our zymotic death rate (0.83 per 1,000 per annum), and
the rate for each of the diseases comprising it are given, and
comparisons are instituted between these and the corresponding
rates for England and Wales, the 33 Great Towns, and London
generally. These comparisons are uniformly favourable to Stoke
Newington—the least favourable being those of scarlet fever and
typhoid fever.
TABLE A 2.
Causes op Death. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Totals. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlatina | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Diphtheria | ... | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Membranous Croup | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Typhoid Fever | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 |
Measles | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 |
Diarrhoea and Dysentery | ... | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Influenza | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Phthisis (Consumption) | 7 | 9 | 11 | 27 |
Other Tubercular Diseases | b | 2 | 2 | 9 |
Diseases of Respiratory Organs other than Phthisis | 13 | 6 | 16 | 35 |
Diseases of Circulatory Organs | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
Diseases of Abdominal Organs | 9 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
Diseases of Urinary Organs | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
Diseases of the Productive Organs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Diseases of Nervous System (including Apoplexy and Con- | 9 | 8 | 14 | 31 |
Cancer | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
Premature Birth | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
Senility | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Wasting and Debility (including Atelectasis) | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
Accidents | 4 | ... | 1 | 5 |
Suicides | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Totals | 82 | 61 | 86 | 229 |