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REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1901.
To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors of the Borough of
Stoke Newington.
Gentlemen,
The present Report furnishes abundant evidence of the healthiness
of the Borough. The recorded death-rate was only 13.1, as
against 13.7 in the preceding year, and 17.6 for London generally,
while the rate of infantile mortality (the number of deaths of children
under 1 year of age to every 1,000 births registered) was only 117,
as against 149 for London generally.
With regard to the other 28 Metropolitan Boroughs there were
only two others with a lower general death rate, namely, Hampstead
10.7 and Lewisham 13.0; the Zymotic death-rate or the death-rate
from the seven Principal Communicable Diseases was the lowest,
with the sole exception of those of Hampstead and the City, and the
rate of infantile mortality was the third lowest of all the Metropolitan
Boroughs.
The sickness and mortality rates from Infectious Diseases were
both low and compare favourably with those of the preceding year,
notwithstanding the fact that during the latter part of the year Scarlet
Fever and Diphtheria, mostly of a mild type, became somewhat exceptionally
prevalent.
The Report of the work done by the Sanitary Inspectors (Messrs.
Matthews and Cox) which is appended to this Report, constitutes in
my opinion a very satisfactory record of work, and the clerical work
of the Department has been performed by Mr. Rogers in a thoroughly
capable manner. The recent decision of the Council to appoint a third
Inspector to the Public Health Department will enable it to fully
attend to the sanitary requirements of the new Borough and to assist
Parishioners in maintaining the Public Health at the highest possible
level.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
March 12th, 1902. HENRY KENWOOD.