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Stoke Newington 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Parish of St. Mary]
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Fever), and Diarrhoea. In Table A 3 the Zymotic rate, and the
rates for each of the diseases comprising it, are given, along with
the corresponding rates of England and Wales, the 33 Great Towns,
and London generally. The comparison with the rates of London
generally is very favourable to Stoke Newington, in almost every
instance.
TABLE A 3.
A comparison of the Rates of Stoke Newington with those of England and Wales, the 33 Great Towns, and London generally, for the Year 1897.
| General Death-rate. | Diseases of Lungs (except Phthisis). | Phthisis-rate. | Rate of Infantile Morality. | Birth-rate. | Zymotic Death-rate. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A* | B† | ||||||
| England and Wales | 17.4 | .. | .. | 156 | 25.7% | 29.7 | 2.15 |
| The 33 Great Towns | 191 | .. | .. | 177 | 28.4% | 30.7 | 2.87 |
| London generally | 18.2 | .. | .. | 158 | 26.2% | 30.2 | 2.58 |
| Stoke Newington | 140 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 122.1 | 21.5% | 24.7 | 2.0 |
| Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Typhoid Fever. | Diphtheria. | Diarrhoea and Dysentory. | |
| England and Wales | 0.000 | 0.40 | 0.14 | 0.35 | 0.15 | 0.24 | 0.86 |
| The 33 Great Towns | 0.001 | 0.55 | 0.17 | 0.40 | 0.17 | 0.31 | 1.20 |
| London generally | 0.003 | 0.43 | 0.17 | 0.41 | 0.13 | 0.50 | 0.91 |
| Stoke Newington | 0.000 | 0.23 | 0.02 | 0.38 | 0.29 | 0.56 | 0.56 |
*The number of deaths under 1 year of age to every 1,000 births.
†The percentage which the number of deaths under 1 year of age form to
the total number of deaths.