Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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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. |
---|---|---|---|
1920 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 |
1921 | 11.5 | 12.4 | 12.1 |
1922 | 12.9 | 13.4 | 12.9 |
1923 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 11.6 |
1924 | 11.3 | 12.1 | 12.2 |
1925 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 12.2 |
1926 | 10.7 | 11.6 | 11.6 |
1927 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 12.3 |
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
There were 48 deaths registered of infants under one year of
age, as against 730 births; the proportion which these deaths bear
to 1,000 births is therefore 66, as against 48 in the preceding year.
M. F.
Deaths under 1 year Legitimate 27 18
Illegitimate 3 -
Infant Mortality Rates , 1896-1927.
Year. | Stoke Newington Infantile Mortality. | Rate for London generally. | Rate for England and Wales. |
---|---|---|---|
1896-1900 | - | 162 | 156 |
1901-1905 | 119 | 139 | 138 |
1906-1910 | 91 | 114 | 117 |
1911-1915 | 87 | 110 | 109 |
1916-1920 | 75 | 92 | 91 |
1921 | 53 | 79 | 83 |
1922 | 67 | 74 | 77 |
1923 | 46 | 61 | 69 |
1924 | 58 | 69 | 75 |
1925 | 61 | 67 | 75 |
1926 | 48 | 64 | 70 |
1927 | 66 | 59 | 69 |