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Stoke Newington 1910

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

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There were 168 deaths of persons over 70 years of age, and 57 of
persons over 80, 8 of whom reached 90 years of age—the oldest being
96.
The actual number of deaths certified as due to old age amounted
to 56 or 9.4 per cent. of the total deaths. This is a remarkably high
proportion, which indicates that there is a relatively large number of
old persons in the Borough, and that the conditions, atmospheric
and otherwise, which obtained during last year, were somewhat
unfavourable.

SENILE MORTALITY DURING 1910.

65 to 7070 to 8080 to 9090 and over.Total.
50111498218

The respective ages of those over 90 were 90, 90, 92, 92, 93, 93,
94, 96.
The Causes of Death.—These are fully set forth in Table A,
in which it will be noted that the deaths are also apportioned to
different age periods. Table A2 is supplementary to Table A, and
sets forth the deaths in each Division of the Borough during each
of the four quarters of the year.
Comparing these tables with the corresponding tables of the
preceding year, the following facts are noteworthy:—A considerable
decrease in the deaths from Respiratory Diseases and Whooping
Cough, and an increase in the deaths from Measles, Diarrhœal
Diseases, Consumption., Cancer, Alcoholism, Diseases of the Nervous
System, Accidents, and Suicide.
It will be noted (Table A2) that the mortality of the Southern
Division exceeds that of the Northern (after due allowance is- made
for the different figure of the population in each Division), mainly in