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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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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 1898.
| General Death-rate. | Diseases of Lungs (except Phthisis). | Phthisis-rate. | Hate of Infantile Morality. | Birth-rate. | Zymotic Death-rate. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A* | B† | ||||||
| England and Wales | 17.6 | .. | .. | 161 | 25.8% | 29.4 | 2.22 |
| The 33 great towns | 19.0 | .. | .. | 178 | 28.4% | 30.3 | 2.85 |
| London generally | 18.7 | .. | .. | 167 | 26.2% | 29.5 | 2.78 |
| Stoke Newington | 13.6 | 2.3 | 0.95 | 106.0 | 19.1% | 24 5 | 172 ; |
| Small.pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough. | Typhoid Fever. | Diphtheria. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | |
| England and Wales | 0001 | 0.41 | 0.11 | 0.31 | 0.18 | 0.24 | 0.96 |
| The 33 great towns | 0001 | 0.56 | 0.14 | 0.42 | 0.20 | 0.31 | 1.22 |
| London generally | 003 0 | 0.68 | 0.13 | 0.48 | 0.13 | 0.39 | 0.97 |
| Stoke Newington | 0 000 | 0.29 | 0.05 | 0.34 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.81 |
The number of deaths under 1 year of age to every 1,000 births. ,
t The percentage which the number of deaths under 1 year of age form to
the total number of deaths.
The General Zymotic Death.rate for the Parish was 17 per 1.000
per annum, as against 2.0 in the preceding year. The corresponding
rate for England and Wales was 2.22, that for London generally was
2.78, and that for the 33 great towns was 2.85.
Deaths in Public Institutions within the District.—St. Anne's Home,
Manor Road, 19 deaths ; Northumberland House Asylum, Green