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It will be noted that in Table A 2 a comparison of the number
of deaths from different causes in the years 1900 and 1899 is shown,
and that in 1900 a noteworthy diminution in the mortality from
the following conditions is manifest:—Diseases of Respiratory and
Digestive Organs, Puerperal Fever, Measles, Cancer, and Senility. On
the other hand there was a noteworthy increase in the mortality from
Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Premature Birth,
Accidents, Suicides and Diseases of the Circulatory Organs.
The relatively high mortalities from Diphtheria and Whooping
Cough are mainly due to climatic and other conditions favouring
prevalence, but in the case of Diphtheria the disease spread considerably
by personal communication in homes and at school often before
the original sufferer was known to be infected. Whooping Cough
has given rise to very little mortality for the past 2 or 3 years
in Stoke Newington, and although the death-rate for the year from
that disease is high compared with that of last year, it is well below
that for London generally.