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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 2.
Showing the Causes of Death among parishioners in Stoke Newington during each of the four quarters of the year 1898.
| Causes of Death. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Totals. | 1897 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Tvphoid Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Measles | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | 10 | 8 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | 9 | 13 |
| Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | 2 | 21 | 3 | 28 | 19 | |
| Rheumatic Fever | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Influenza | 6 | 2 | .. | 3 | 11 | 4 |
| Phthisis (Consumption) | 8 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 33 | 39 |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| Diseases of Respiratory Organs other than Phthsis | 33 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 79 | 2 |
| Diseases of Circulatory | 8 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 49 | 55 |
| Diseases of Digestive Organs | 5 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 37 | 24 |
| Diseases of Urinary Organs | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 17 |
| Diseases of Reproductive Organs | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 | 3 |
| Diseases of Nervous System (including Apoplexy and Convulsions) | 8 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 44 | 53 |
| Cancer | 5 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 33 | 28 |
| Rheumatism | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 |
| Premature Birth | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 16 |
| Senility | 7 | .. | 4 | 2 | 13 | 31 |
| Wasting and Debility and Developmental Defects | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 20 |
| Accidents (including Overlying) | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 |
| Suicides | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Pyaemia and Septicæmia (Blood-poisoning) | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | 2 |
| Alcoholism | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | .. |
| Gout | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | I | |
| Dengue | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
| Totals | 121 | 114 | 130 | 101 | 466 | 473 |