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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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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 services of a sick nurse can be obtained by application at the
Council Offices.

Table: INQUESTS.The following inquests upon deaths of parishioners were held during the year 1904 :—

INQUESTS.

The following inquests upon deaths of parishioners were held during the year 1904 :—

1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter. .....4th QuarterTotals.
Accidental Suffocation (not overlying)21...25
Phthisis1...113
Alcoholism11......2
Bronchitis1......12
Convulsions...11
Heart Disease322512
Gastro Enteritis (poisoning)1......11
Apoplexy1215
Tubercular Meningitis1.........1
Broncho-Pneumonia11......2
Chronic Kidney Disease...1...12
Accidents21216
Gastric Ulcer...31...4
Asphyxia (Throat Abscess)......1...1
Suicide (fall from window)......1
„ (self-strangulation)......121
„ (poisoning).........2
,, (cut-throat).........11
„ (bullet wound)......1...2
„ (drowning)......111
Senile Decay.........1
Coma, Cerebral Hemorrhage......112
Pneumonia......1...1
Erysipelas.........11
Septicæmia.........11
Debility.........11
Premature Birth.........11
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