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Stoke Newington 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Parish of St. Mary]
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conditions favouring prevalence, and the increase has been felt
generally throughout the country. Much of the apparent increase in
Cancer mortality of late years is doubtless due to impt oved diagnosis
and certification and must not be regarded as a real increase. Some
of it, however, appears to be due to a genuine increase in the
prevalence of the disease. This is a disquieting fact, seeing
that hitherto no one has been able to show in a satisfactory manner
what conditions predispose to or favour the appearance of the
cancer.
Deaths from Zymotic Diseases (including Influenza) in the
Year 1898.
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Typhoid Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Influenza. | Erysipelas. | Total. | Rate to every 1,000 persons | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Quarter | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | .. | 26 | .. |
| Second ,, | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .. | 13 | .. |
| Third ,, | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 21 | .. | 1 | 23 | .. |
| Fourth ,, | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | .. |
| 2 | 4 | .. | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 72 | 21 | |
| 1897 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 77 | 2.3 |
Zymotic Mortality.—Included in the Zymotic mortality are the
deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, viz., Small-pox,
Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, " Fever "
(including Typhoid Fever, Typhus Fever, and Simple Continued
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 every instance.