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Stoke Newington 1899
Report of the Medical Officer of Health and Public Analyst for the year 1899
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Zymotic Mortality.—Included in the Zymotic mortality are the
deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, viz., Small-pox,
Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, "Fever"
(including Typhoid Fever, Typhus Fever, and Simple Continued
Fever), and Diarrhoea. In Table A 3 the Zymotic rate, and the
rates for each of the diseases comprising it, are given, along with
the corresponding rates of England and Wales, the 33 great towns,
and London generally. The comparison with the rates of London
generally is very favourable to Stoke Newington in every instance.
TABLE A 3.
A comparison of the rates of Stoke Newington with those of England and Wales, the 33 great towns, and London generally, for the Year 1899.
| General Death-rate. | Diseases of Lungs (except Phthisis). | Phthisis-rate. | Rate of Infantile Mortality. | Birth-rate. | Zymotic Death rate. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A* | B† | ||||||
| England and Wales | 18.3 | .. | .. | 163 | 25.7% | 29.2 | 2.21 |
| The 33 great towns | 20.2 | .. | .. | 181 | 28.3% | 30.2 | 2.81 |
| London generally | 19.3 | .. | 1.82 | 166 | 25.9% | 29.3 | 2.46 |
| Stoke Newington | 12.8 | 2.4 | 0.86 | 103.9 | 18.3% | 22.6 | 1.23 |
| Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Typhoid Fever. | Diphtheria. | Diarrhœa and Dysentery. | |
| England and Wales | 0.01 | 0.31 | 0.12 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.29 | 0.98 |
| The 33 great towns | 0.01 | 0.46 | 0.13 | 0.38 | 0.22 | 0.40 | 1.21 |
| London generally | 0.00 | 0.47 | 0.08 | 0.38 | 0.17 | 0.43 | 0.92 |
| Stoke Newington | 0.00 | 0.29 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.46 |
*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.