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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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SICK NURSING.
The importance of good nursing in the treatment of disease can
scarcely be exaggerated, and the educational value of a visit of a nurse
to the houses of the poor is very great.
The nurse (Miss Norton), whose services were secured by the
Parish in commemoration of the Jubilee of Her Majesty, has resigned
her post. The services of a sick nurse can still, however, be obtained
by application at the Council Offices.

Table: INQUESTS.The following inquests upon deaths of parishioners were held during the year:—

INQUESTS.

The following inquests upon deaths of parishioners were held during the year:—

1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th QuarterTotals.
Strangulated Hernia1.........1
Pneumonia ...1.........1
Heart Disease11125
Scalds1.........1
Suicide (cut throat)1.........1
„ (bullet wound)1.........1
(poisoning)...1......1
Convulsions1......12
Overlying12......3
Meningitis, following accident1.........1
Tetanus, following injury1.........1
Phthisis...1...12
Bladder, ruptured by fall...l...12
Bronchitis...2...13
Perforated Gastric Ulcer...1......1
Septiœmia...1......1
Senile decay, Syncope......1...1
Suicide (by hanging)......1...1
Cerebral Hæmorrhage......112
Delirium Tremens, Syncope......11
Accidental Suffocation (not overlying).........33
Accidental Poisoning.........11
Tabes Mesenterica.........11
Laceration of Lung, van accident.........11
Fracture of Pelvis, cab „.........11
Fracture of Thigh.........11
Want of attention at birth.........22
Carbuncle, chronic kidney dises.se.........11
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