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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 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Parish of St. Mary]
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TABLE A 2.
Showing the Causes of Death among Parishioners in Stoke Newjngton during each of the four quarters of the year 1897.
| Causes of Death. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Totals. | 1896 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 |
| Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Typhoid Fever | .. | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5 |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 |
| Measles | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| Diarrhoea and Dysentery | .. | 1 | 18 | .. | 19 | 24 |
| Rheumatic Fever | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Influenza | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 4 | 4 |
| Phthisis (Consumption) | 9 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 20 |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 15 |
| Diseases of Respiratory Organs other than Phthsis | 18 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 62 | 62 |
| Diseases of Circulatory Organs | 14 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 55 | 45 |
| Diseases of Digestive Organs . | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 20 |
| Diseases of Urinary Organs . | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 18 |
| Diseases of Reproductive Organs | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Diseases of Nervous System (including Apoplexy and Convulsions) | 11 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 53 | 40 |
| Cancer | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 28 | 20 |
| Rheumatism | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Premature Birth | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 25 |
| Senility | 7 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 23 |
| Wasting and Debility and Developmental Defects | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 21 |
| Accidents (including Overlying) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 9 |
| Suicides | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 |
| Pyaemia and Septicaemia (Blood-poisoning) | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 |
| Syphilis | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Alcoholism | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Gout | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Totals | 98 | 109 | 133 | 133 | 473 | 418 |