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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 1905

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

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Table: INQUESTS.The following inquests upon deaths of parishioners were held during the year 1905:—

INQUESTS.

The following inquests upon deaths of parishioners were held during the year 1905:—

1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th QuarterTotals.
Accidents (Shock due to falls)412...7
„ (Burns of Body and Limbs)1.........1
„ (Broken Neck)...1......1
(Injured on the Railway)...1......1
„ (Fractured Skull)...1......1
„ (Drowning)......112
Suicide (Self-Strangulation)......1...1
,, (Cut-Throat).........11
„ (Drowning)1.........1
Chronic Alcoholism and Cirrhosis of Liver12...14
Heart Disease, including Syncope326112
Phthisis11......2
Bronchitis3.........3
Broncho-Pneumonia...1......1
Pneumonia.........11
Pleurisy11......2
Suffocation in Bed1......12
Septicæmia......1...1
Tubercular Disease (Intestinal)1.........1
Inanition1.........1
Peritonitis.........11
Convulsions...11...2
Cerebral Apoplexy...1......1
Blood Poisoning...1......1
Diarrhoea...31...4
Kidney Disease......112
Cancer.........11
Marasmus......1...1
Want of Nourishment.........11
Senile Decay.........22
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND THE MEASURES TAKEN TO
PREVENT THEIR SPREAD.
It will be seen from Table B that 337 Notification Certificates of
Infectious Illness were received from medical practitioners, as against