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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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Showing the Distribution of the Deaths in the Northern and Southern Divisions of the Borough during each of the quarters of the year 1910.
| Diseases. | North. | South | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarters. | Total. | Quarters. | Total. | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Whooping-cough | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Epidemic Influenza | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 6 |
| Diarrhoea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Enteritis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Erysipelas | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Other Septic Diseases | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| Phthisis | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 40 |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| Cancer | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 36 |
| Bronchitis | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 40 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 6 |
| Alcoholism and Cirrhosis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Venereal Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
| Diseases of the Nervous System | 9 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 34 |
| Premature Birth | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Heart Disease | 9 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 48 |
| Accidents | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| Suicides | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Old Age | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 38 |
| All other Causes | 7 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 60 |
| Totals | 60 | 36 | 36 | 42 | 174 | 119 | 99 | 81 | 125 | 424 |