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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 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Parish of St. Mary]
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TABLE A I.
Showing the Causes of Death among parishioners in the Northern and Southern Divisions of the Parish, respectively, during 1898.
| Causes of Death. | Northern Division. | Southern Division. |
|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | .. | 2 |
| Diphtheria | .. | 4 |
| Membranous Croup | .. | |
| Typhoid Fever | .. | 3 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | 1 |
| Measles | 1 | 9 |
| Whooping Cough | .. | 9 |
| Diarrhoea and Dysentery | 4 | 21 |
| Rheumatic Fever | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | |
| Influenza | 6 | 5 |
| Phthisis (Consumption) | 10 | 23 |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 3 | 7 |
| Diseases of Respiratory Organs other than Phthisis | 19 | 60 |
| Diseases of Circulatory Organs | 21 | 28 |
| Diseases of Digestive Organs | 12 | 25 |
| Diseases of Urinary Organs | 4 | 15 |
| Diseases of Reproductive Organs | 4 | |
| Diseases of Nervous System (including Apoplexy and Convulsions) | 11 | 33 |
| Cancer | 14 | 19 |
| Rheumatism | 2 | |
| Premature Birth | 5 | 16 |
| Senility | 2 | 11 |
| Wasting and Debility and Developmental defects | 4 | 16 |
| Accidents (including Overlying) | 2 | 11 |
| Suicides | 2 | |
| Pyaemia and Septicaemia (Blood-poisoning) | 2 | 2 |
| Alcoholism | 3 | 1 |
| Gout | 2 | |
| Dengue | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 128 | 336 |
| 466 | ||