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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 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: TABLE A 1.Showing the Causes of Death among parishioners in Stoke Newington during each of the four quarters of the year 1903.

TABLE A 1.

Showing the Causes of Death among parishioners in Stoke Newington during each of the four quarters of the year 1903.

Causes of Death.Belonging to District.Institutions in District.
1903Quarters.Total.Quarters.Total.
12341234
Measles156......21...............
Whooping-cough49...619...............
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup14117...............
Enteric...2125...............
Epidemic Influenza61...18...............
Diarrhœa...13913...............
Enteritis...110112...............
Puerperal Fever......112...............
Other Septic Diseases264315......1...1
Phthisis12241616681.........1
Other Tubercular diseases797427...............
Cancer191281352......112
Bronchitis276284332......5
Pneumonia218512461......12
Other Respiratory diseases.........44...............
Alcoholism and Cirrhosis3241101.........1
Venereal diseases313...7...............
Premature Birth656219...............
Heart Disease14209206311...24
Accidents22...812...1......1
Suicides2...1...3...............
Old Age1557936...1124
All Other Causes40373444155...3148
Total1991611221656477841029