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 Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE A 1.
Showing the Causes of Death among parishioners in the Northern and Southern Divisions of the Parish, respectively, during 1900.
Causes of Death. | Northern Division. | Southern Division. |
---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | .. | 5 |
Diphtheria | 1 | 13 |
Membranous Croup | 1 | |
Typhoid Fever | 2 | 4 |
Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. |
Measles | .. | 2 |
Whooping Cough | 1 | 10 |
Diarrhoea and Dysentery | 3 | 12 |
Influenza | 10 | 4 |
Phthisis (Consumption) | 8 | 28 |
Other Tubercular Diseases | 1 | 17 |
Diseases of Respiratory Organs other than Phthisis | 18 | 50 |
Diseases of Circulatory Organs | 9 | 37 |
Diseases of Digestive Organs | 3 | 12 |
Diseases of Urinary Organs | 6 | 9 |
Diseases of Reproductive Organs | .. | 1 |
Diseases of Nervous System (including Apoplexy and Convulsions) | 12 | 37 |
Cancer | 12 | 20 |
Rheumatism | .. | 3 |
Premature Birth | 3 | 15 |
Senility | 6 | 13 |
Wasting and Debility and Developmental defects | 3 | 11 |
Accidents (including Overlying) | 3 | 6 |
Suicides | 3 | 2 |
PyƦmia and Septicaemia (Blood-poisoning) | 2 | 4 |
Alcoholism | 1 | 6 |
Gout | .. | 1 |
Other Causes | 4 | 2 |
Totals | 112 | 325 |
437 |