[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]

Stoke Newington 1927

Published: 1928
Pages: 64
Tables: 25

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Page 687

The following table shows that this is the lowest rate that the Borough has experienced. Prior to 1920 there had been no lower rate than 14.0, in 1918. In this it is keeping company with the rates for England and Wales, and London, thus:

Year. Birth-rate. Rate for London generally. Rate for England and Wales.

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TABLE I.

CAUSE OF DEATH.	Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the Borough.											Total Deaths whetherof " Residents " or " Non-Residents " in Institutionsin the Borough.
CAUSE OF DEATH.	Sex.	All Ages.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 2 years.	2 and under 5 years.	5 and under 15 years.	15 and under 25 years.	25 and under 45 years.	45 and under 65 years.	65 and under 75 years.	75 and upwards.

Page 690

The following table shows the death-rates for England and Wales, London, and Stoke Newington during recent years:

Year. Stoke Newington Recorded General Death-rate. Rate for London generally. Rate for England and Wales.
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Infant Mortality Rates , 1896-1927.

Year. Stoke Newington Infantile Mortality. Rate for London generally. Rate for England and Wales.

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TABLE II.—INFANT MORTALITY.

CAUSE OF DEATH.	Under 1 week.	1 to 2 weeks.	2 to 3 weeks.	3 to 4 weeks.	Total under 4 weeks.	4 w eeks and under 3 months.	3 months and under 6 months.	6 months and under 9 months.	9 months and under 12 months.	Total deaths under 1 year.

Page 692

The Neo-Natal Deaths —of children under 4 weeks of age— are set out for the past six years:

Births. Neo-Natal Deaths. Deaths under 1 Year.
Page 699

Cases treated, 349; of these, 98 were in South Hornsey Ward.

Children visited: Under 5. Of School Age.
Page 704

( a ) Number and Nature of Inspections made during 1927:
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( b ) Informal Notices Served; Number and Nature (under Sec . 3 Public Health (London) Act, 1891):
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Statutory Notices Served (under Sec. 4 P.H. (London) Act, 1891). —Numbered one hundred as follows:
Page 705

Result of the Service of Notices ; Nuisances Abated and Sanitary Defects Remedied.
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1.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.

Premises Number of
Inspections Written Notices Occupiers Prosecuted
(1) (2) (3) (4)

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2.—Defects Found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.

Particulars.	Number of Defects.
	Found.	Remedied.	Referred to H.M. Inspector.	No. of Offences in respect to which prosecutions were instituted.
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)

Page 722

ANALYSES PERFORMED DURING THE YEAR 1927.

Article submitted for Analysis. (160) No. of Genuine Samples (153) No. of Adulterated Samples (7) Remarks as to Adulteration.
Page 724

The numbers of deaths are so small that the comparison of the Annual Death Rates per 1,000 of Population with that of London and of England and Wales is of little statistical value:

Enteric Fever Small Pox Measles Scarlet Fever Whooping Cough Diphtheria Influenza
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TABLE III. NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (other than Tuberculosis) DURING THE YEAR 1927.

Notifiable Disease. Number of Cases Notified. Admitted to Hospital Total Deaths.
At all Ages. At Ages—Years.
Under 1 yr. 1 2 3 4 5 10 15 20 35 45 65 & over

Page 727

(TABLE IV. 1927).

Cities and Boroughs.	Estimated population to the middle of year.	Births. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living.	Zymotic Deaths. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living.	Death-rate per 1,000 living.	Deaths of Infants under one year to 1,000 births.

Page 729

During the three months October to December the following tests were made and treatment given:

Adults. School Children. Infants. Total.
Page 730

Ophthalmia Neonatorum .— All the cases were investigated and followed up, all were mild cases; one was treated at the Maternity Hospital in which it was born.

Cases Vision unimpaired. Vision impaired Total Blind ness. Deaths.
Notified. Treated.
At Home. In Hospital.
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Bacteriological Examinations .— The facilities provided by the Borough for the examination of specimens sent by local practitioners to the Royal Institute of Public Health and to the Lister Institute have been utilised as follows:

Positive. Negative. Total.
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TUBERCULOSIS: NEW CASES AND DEATHS DURING 1927.

Age-Periods. New Cases. Deaths.
Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary.
M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F.
Page 733

Total Number of Tuberculous Persons Living in the Borough .— A live register continually changing from additional notifications, transfers into and out of the district, and deaths, is maintained by the Medical Officer of Health. The known tuberculous population grew from 243 to 280 during the year, possibly owing in part to earlier notification of cases.

Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary.
Male. Female. Male. Female.
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Tuberculosis Dispensary .— The work of the Tuberculosis Dispensary shows an all-round increase. The following are the figures showing the differences between 1926 and 1927:

1926. 1927.

Premises	Number of
Premises	Inspections	Written Notices	Occupiers Prosecuted
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)

Notifiable Disease.	Number of Cases Notified.													Admitted to Hospital	Total Deaths.
	At all Ages.	At Ages—Years.
	At all Ages.	Under 1 yr.	1	2	3	4	5	10	15	20	35	45	65 & over

Age-Periods.	New Cases.				Deaths.
	Pulmonary.		Non-Pulmonary		Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary.
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

Cases			Vision unimpaired.	Vision impaired	Total Blind ness.	Deaths.
Notified.	Treated.
Notified.	At Home.	In Hospital.

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The following table shows that this is the lowest rate that the Borough has experienced. Prior to 1920 there had been no lower rate than 14.0, in 1918. In this it is keeping company with the rates for England and Wales, and London, thus:

TABLE I.

The following table shows the death-rates for England and Wales, London, and Stoke Newington during recent years:

Infant Mortality Rates , 1896-1927.

TABLE II.—INFANT MORTALITY.

The Neo-Natal Deaths —of children under 4 weeks of age— are set out for the past six years:

Cases treated, 349; of these, 98 were in South Hornsey Ward.

( a ) Number and Nature of Inspections made during 1927:

( b ) Informal Notices Served; Number and Nature (under Sec . 3 Public Health (London) Act, 1891):

Statutory Notices Served (under Sec. 4 P.H. (London) Act, 1891). —Numbered one hundred as follows:

Result of the Service of Notices ; Nuisances Abated and Sanitary Defects Remedied.

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1.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.

2.—Defects Found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.

ANALYSES PERFORMED DURING THE YEAR 1927.

The numbers of deaths are so small that the comparison of the Annual Death Rates per 1,000 of Population with that of London and of England and Wales is of little statistical value:

TABLE III. NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (other than Tuberculosis) DURING THE YEAR 1927.

(TABLE IV. 1927).

During the three months October to December the following tests were made and treatment given:

Ophthalmia Neonatorum .— All the cases were investigated and followed up, all were mild cases; one was treated at the Maternity Hospital in which it was born.

Bacteriological Examinations .— The facilities provided by the Borough for the examination of specimens sent by local practitioners to the Royal Institute of Public Health and to the Lister Institute have been utilised as follows:

TUBERCULOSIS: NEW CASES AND DEATHS DURING 1927.

Tuberculosis Dispensary .— The work of the Tuberculosis Dispensary shows an all-round increase. The following are the figures showing the differences between 1926 and 1927: