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Stoke Newington 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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and Septicaemia occurring in the lying-in women. Three cases
were notified during the year.
It is satisfactory to note that the mortality among puerperal
women, both from puerperal sepsis and from accidents at childbirth,
is steadily decreasing.
PHTHISIS (CONSUMPTION).
| Year. | Death-Rate for Stoke Newington. | Rate for London generally. |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 1.30 | 1.58 |
| 1902 | 1.24 | 1.62 |
| 1903 | 1.30 | 1.50 |
| 1904 | 1.70 | 1.63 |
| 1905 | 1.31 | 1.46 |
| 1906 | 0.90 | 1.44 |
| 1907 | 0.88 | 1.14 |
| 1908 | 1.04 | 1.11 |
| 1909 | 0.80 | 1.31 |
| 1910 | 0.92 | 1.14 |
| 1911 | 1.02 | 1.34 |
| 1912 | 0.91 |
The 152 cases of Consumption notified embraced 14 notified
under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908, and
138 under the 1911 Regulations.
A few facts may be worthy of record in connection with the
cases notified during the year. There was certainly no family
history of Consumption in 84 of the cases investigated; and it
seems probable that the history was negative in 6 other instances.
There were, therefore, 56 per cent. of the total cases notified
whose family history furnished no instance of the disease. The
parental history was often in other cases suggestive of Phthisis,
although one was informed that the death of the father or
mother was attributed to Bronchitis or some other Pulmonary
complaint. But excluding such doubtful cases of parental history
of the disease, it was found that in 29 cases the father or mother