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Stoke Newington 1894

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the last three-quarters of the year 1894

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TABLE A 3.

Table: Comparison of the Rates of Stoke Newington with those of England and Wales, the 33 Great Towns and London generally, foi the last three-quarters of the year 1894.

Comparison of the Rates of Stoke Newington with those of England and Wales, the 33 Great Towns and London generally, foi the last three-quarters of the year 1894.

General Death-rate.Diseases of Lungs (except Phthisis).Phthisis.Bate of Infantile Mortality.Birth-rate.Zymotic Death-rate.
A*B*†
England and Wales15.5......13324.9°/029.21.76
The 33 Great Towns17.2......15227.1°/o30.32.44
London generally16.62.761.614325.5°/023.72.61
Stoke Newington9.51.381.0773.620.9%23.10.83
Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet FeverWhooping Cough.Typhoid Fever.Diphtheria.Diarrhœa and Dysenteiy.
England and Wales0.020.410.160.340.160.260.40
The 33 Great Towns0.040.660.200.380.190.370.61
London generally0.020.770.210.360150.600.49
Stoke Newingtono.oo0.040.160.160120.160.19

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* The number of deaths under 1 year of age to every 1,000 births.
†. The percentage which the number of deaths under 1 year of age form to the
total number of deaths.
The Causes of Infantile Mortality.—The comparatively slow
rate of decrease of infantile mortality in England and Wales is
one of the most unsatisfactory features in vital returns that health
officers are called upon to face. There is no gainsaying that
despite any improved conditions of life among the poorer section