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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 1899
Report of the Medical Officer of Health and Public Analyst for the year 1899
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TABLE A 2.
Showing the Causes of Death among parishioners in Stoke Newington during each of the four quarters of the year 1899.
| Causes of Death. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Totals. | 1898. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Membranous Croup | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Typhoid Fever | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 5 | 3 |
| Measles | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 9 |
| Diarrhœa and Dysentery | .. | 1 | 15 | .. | 16 | 28 |
| Rheumatic Fever | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Influenza | 7 | 3 | .. | 1 | 11 | 11 |
| Phthisis (Consumption) | 12 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 33 |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 10 |
| Diseases of Respiratory Organs other than Phthisis | 22 | 19 | 7 | 36 | 84 | 79 |
| Diseases of Circulatory Organs | 13 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 49 |
| Diseases of Digestive Organs | 8 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 27 | 37 |
| Diseases of Urinary Organs | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 19 |
| Diseases of Reproductive Organs | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Diseases of Nervous System (including Apoplexy and Convulsions) | 7 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 50 | 44 |
| Cancer | 3 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 33 |
| Rheumatism | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
| Premature Birth | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 21 |
| Senility | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 35 | 13 |
| Wasting and Debility and Developmental Defects | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| Accidents (including Overlying) | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| Suicides | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 |
| Pyæmia and Septicæmia (Blood-poisoning) | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Alcoholism | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Wilful Murder | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 96 | 112 | 119 | 120 | 447 | 466 |