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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Stoke Newington 1919
Report of the Medical Officer of Health and Public Analyst for the year 1919
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But after all, our direct and special measures for dealing with
Tuberculosis, useful and necessary as they are, are quite subordinate
in their value to the general hygienic improvements which have
taken place in the past and which are destined for a considerable
extension in the near future.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of year. | Birth-rate | Rate of Infantile Mortality. | General Death-rate | Zymotic Death-rate | Infectious Sickness rate. (Videp.310) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 51,328 | 21.6 | 117.9 | 13. 1 | 1.26 | 7.9 |
| 1902 | 51,188 | 22.0 | 114.7 | 13.3 | 1.56 | 7.8 |
| 1903 | 51,130 | 21.5 | 120.3 | 12.6 | 1.70 | 3.8 |
| 1904 | 51,072 | 22.3 | 115.6 | 13.4 | 1.62 | 5.7 |
| 1905 | 51 015 | 20.9 | 124.7 | 13.0 | 1. 35 | 5.8 |
| 1906 | 50,957 | 21.2 | 108.0 | 12.0 | 1.39 | |
| 1907 | 50,899 | 20.5 | 97.9 | 1.33 | 7.8 | |
| 1908 | 50,841 | 20.2 | 98.3 | 12.9 | 1.18 | 5.8 |
| 1909 | 50,784 | 19.5 | 84.9 | 11.7 | 0.87 | 3.5 |
| 1910 | 50,726 | 18.8 | 66.1 | 0.93 | 3.6 | |
| 1911 | 50,669 | 20.7 | 106.2 | 12.5 | 1.69 | 4.4 |
| 1912 | 50,591 | 20.4 | 70.7 | 11.6 | 0.34 | 3.7 |
| 1913 | 50,514 | 22.0 | 82.7 | 13.1 | 0.85 | 4.6 |
| 1914 | 50,454 | 20.4 | 78.7 | 12.3 | 0.55 | 8.3 |
| 1915 | 50,527 | 18.4 | 99.8 | 14.6 | 1.21 | 70 |
| 1916 | 49,776 | 20.1 | 59.8 | 12.6 | 0.42 | 4.4 |
| 1917 | 49,776 | 15.5 | 85.6 | 14.1 | 0.90 | 3.6 |
| 1918 | 47,426 | 14.0 | 87.2 | 16.0 | 0.93 | 3.8 |
| 1919 | 50,954 | 16.8 | 62.6 | 12.2 | 0.61 | 5.4 |