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Stoke Newington 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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101
Institutions outside of the Borough, making a total of 634 deaths.
Of these 330 were of females and 304 were of males.
Of these 330 were of females and 304 were of males.
| Year. | General Death-rate. | Rate for London generally. | Rate for England and Wales. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 13.1 | 17. 6 | 16.0 |
| 1902 | 13.3 | 17.2 | 16.3 |
| 1903 | 12.6 | 15.2 | 15.4 |
| 1904 | 13.4 | 16.1 | 16.2 |
| 1905 | 13.0 | 15.1 | 15.2 |
| 1906 | 12.0 | 15.7 | 15.4 |
| 1907 | 11.8 | 14.6 | 15.0 |
| 1908 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.7 |
| 1909 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 14.5 |
| 1910 | 11.8 | 12.7 | 13.4 |
| 1911 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 14.6 |
The recorded general death-rate is therefore 12.5, as against 11.8
for the preceding year. This ordinary death-rate, however, cannot
be taken as a true index of the healthiness of the Borough, nor can
it be justly compared with the rates of other Sanitary areas, unless some
allowance is made for the relative proportions of males and females at
different ages in the districts compared.
Death-rates vary very much in different districts according to the
nature of the populations of these districts; for instance, in a district
containing a large number of very young or very old people the rate
would be considerably higher than in a district containing a larger proportion
of people of middle age.