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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 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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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 1900.
| Causes of Death. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Totals. | 1899. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | .. | 12 | 14 | 6 |
| Membranous Croup | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Typhoid Fever | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Measles | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Whooping Cough | .. | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 4 |
| Diarrhoea and Dysentery | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| Influenza | 12 | 1 | .. | 1 | 14 | 11 |
| Phthisis (Consumption) | 11 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 30 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 21 |
| Diseases of Respiratory Organs other than Phthisis | 30 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 68 | 84 |
| Diseases of Circulatory Organs | 13 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 46 | 38 |
| Diseases of Digestive Organs | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 27 |
| Diseases of Urinary Organs | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 |
| Diseases of Reproductive Organs | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Diseases of Nervous System (including Apoplexy and Convulsions) | 18 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 49 | |
| Cancer | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 32 | 39 |
| Rheumatism | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 5 |
| Premature Birth | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 11 |
| Senility | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 35 |
| Wasting and Debility and Developmental Defects | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 10 |
| Accidents (including Overlying) | 1 | 4 | .. | 4 | 9 | 5 |
| Suicides | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Pyæmia and Septicaemia (Blood-poisoning) | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Alcoholism | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
| Gout | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Other Causes | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 6 | 4 |
| Totals | 134 | 104 | 101 | 98 | 437 | 447 |