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 Stoke Newington during each of the four quarters of the year 1902.
Causes of Death. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Totals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | 8 |
Measles | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 |
Scarlet | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 |
Whooping Cough | 9 | 3 | 2 | .. | 14 |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 5 |
Group | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fevers Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fevers Enteric | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 4 |
Other continued. | .. | 9 | •• | 1 | 12 |
Epidemic Influenza | 9 | .. | .. | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Plague | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 20 |
Enteritis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 |
Other Septic Diseases | 7 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 25 |
Phthisis | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 64 |
Other Tubercular Diseases | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 |
Cancer. Malignant Disease | 17 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 44 |
Bronchitis | 31 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 69 |
Pneumonia | 25 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 64 |
Pleurisy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Other Diseases of the Respi- ratory Organs | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
Venereal Diseases | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
Premature Birth | 6 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 27 |
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Heart Diseases | 23 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 64 |
Accidents | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
Suicides | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Senile Decay | 19 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 42 |
All Other Causes | 34 | 37 | 31 | 43 | 145 |
Totals | 227 | 148 | 135 | 170 | 680 |