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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 1904

[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 Residents in Stoke Newington during each of the four quarters of the year 1904.

TABLE A 1.

Showing the Causes of Death among Residents in Stoke Newington during each of the four quarters of the year 1904.

Causes of Death.Belonging to District.Institutions in District.
1904.Quarters.Total.Quarters.Total.
12341234
Measles...3227...............
Scarlet Fever2......13...............
Whooping-cough463...13...............
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup422210...............
Enteric Fever...1236...............
Epidemic Influenza22...37...............
Diarrhœa......25126...............
Enteritis......1...1...............
Puerperal Fever......3...3...............
Erysipelas2...327...............
Other Septic Diseases51062231.........1
Phthisis2620261789......2...2
Other Tubercular Diseases574420...............
Cancer12111414512...1...3
Bronchitis18542855...2......7
Pneumonia1764835111...3
Other Respiratory Diseases4...7...11...............
Alcoholism and Cirrhosis234110...............
Venereal Diseases...1......1...............
Diseases of the Nervous System1622121161522413
Premature Birth4611627...............
Heart Disease2224131473...1......1
Accidents42219...............
Suicides1...348...............
Old Age7781537......1...1
All Other Causes20172134922.........2
Totals1771551801736851167...33