Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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INQUESTS.
The following inquests upon deaths of parishioners were held during the year 1906:—
1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Totals. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chronic Alcoholism and Cirrhosis of Liver | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | 7 |
Chronic Bronchitis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Phthisis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Heart Disease, including Syncope . | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Pulmonary Haemorrhage | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Cerehral Apoplexy | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Premature Birth and Inanition | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Convulsions | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Measles | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Pleurisy | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Kidney Disease | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Suffocation (want of attention at birth) | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Diarrhoea | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Senile Decay | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Haemorrhage following rupture | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Tumour of the Liver | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Accidents (Shock due to fall) | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
„ (Cerebral Haemorrhage due to fall) | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
„ (Fractured Skull) | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ (Overlain and Suffocation in Bed) | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
„ (Drowning) | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Suicides (Poisoning) | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
„ (Cut-Throat) | l | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
„ (Drowning) | l | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
„ (Fracture of Skull) | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
„ (Injuries Neck and Wrist) | • • | .. | •• | 1 | 1 |
16 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 49 |
INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND THE MEASURES TAKEN
TO PREVENT THEIR SPREAD.
It will be seen from Table B that 267 Notification Certificates of
Infectious lllness were received from medical practitioners, as against
337 during the preceding year. These figures include notifications
received from the voluntary niotification of Consumption.