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Stoke Newington 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE A 5.
Analysis of the Vital Statistics of the Metropolitan Boroughs and of the City of London, after Distribution of Deaths occuring in Public Institutions, during the Year 1902.
| Boroughs. | Estimated Population middle of 1902. | Annual Rate per 1,000 Living. | Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1,000 Births. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Deaths. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Notifiable Diseases Attack-rate. | |||
| County of London | 4,579,110 | 28.5 | 17.2 | 2.21 | 9.9 | 139 |
| Paddington | 145,107 | 22.4 | 14.6 | 1.74 | 6.4 | 133 |
| Kensington | 177,605 | 19.3 | 15.3 | 1.49 | 5.3 | 149 |
| Hammersmith | 114,210 | 27.5 | 16.3 | 1.90 | 7.0 | 143 |
| Pulham | 143,102 | 32.9 | 17.1 | 3.13 | 8.8 | 148 |
| Chelsea | 74,018 | 22.4 | 18.0 | 2.06 | 6.4 | 145 |
| City of Westminster | 180,800 | 17.9 | 16.1 | 1.28 | 6.9 | 136 |
| St. Marylebone | 132,145 | 29.6 | 18.3 | 1.98 | 8.4 | 107 |
| Hampstead | 83,743 | 18.2 | 10.8 | 0.81 | 5.7 | 87 |
| St. Paneras | 235,521 | 27.0 | 18.6 | 2.46 | 12.0 | 147 |
| Islington | 337,270 | 26.9 | 16.4 | 1.80 | 9.4 | 133 |
| Stoke Newington | 51,669 | 22.0 | 13.1 | 1.16 | 7.7 | 115 |
| Hackney | 221,926 | 28.3 | 15.0 | 1.98 | 11.4 | 119 |
| Holborn | 58,535 | 27.7 | 21.3 | 2.44 | 11.3 | 129 |
| Finsbury | 100,487 | 36.2 | 22.9 | 3.18 | 10.7 | 154 |
| City of London | 25,598 | 13.1 | 20.4 | 1.38 | 10.3 | 126 |
| Shoreditch | 118,004 | 33.9 | 20.7 | 3.53 | 10.5 | 174 |
| Bethnal Green | 129,865 | 34.8 | 20.8 | 2.56 | 13.4 | 155 |
| Stepney | 300,551 | 38.0 | 20.6 | 3.31 | 13.1 | 147 |
| Poplar | 169,214 | 34.2 | 19.3 | 2.77 | 12.7 | 154 |
| Southwark | 206,825 | 32.8 | 21.4 | 3.10 | 13.0 | 166 |
| Bermondsey | 130,218 | 32.8 | 20.8 | 3.06 | 10.1 | 155 |
| Lambeth | 305,102 | 29.2 | 17.1 | 1.86 | 9.0 | 127 |
| Battersea | 171,401 | 28.4 | 15.0 | 1.93 | 9.7 | 127 |
| Wandsworth | 241,810 | 25.9 | 13.5 | 1.62 | 9.7 | 127 |
| Camberwell | 262,775 | 28.0 | 16.3 | 2.23 | 10.9 | 138 |
| Deptford | 111,577 | 29.9 | 16.5 | 2.44 | 11.4 | 138 |
| Greenwich | 98,013 | 28.1 | 15.4 | 1.59 | 9.5 | 138 |
| Lewisham | 132,432 | 25.7 | 13.6 | 1.79 | 10.0 | 125 |
| Woolwich | 119,556 | 30.7 | 15.1 | 1.93 | 7.7 | 125 |
TABLE A. 6.
The chief vital statistics of the new Borough of Stoke Newington since its formation.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of y'r. | Birth-rate. | Rate of Infantile Mortality. | General Death-rate | Zymotic Death-rate | Infectious Sickness rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 5,1328 | 21.6 | 117.9 | 13.1 | 1.26 | 7.9 |
| 1902 | 5,1669 | 21.8 | 114.7 | 13.1 | 1.16 | 7.9 |
THE MORTUARY.
During the year 42 bodies were deposited in the Public
Mortuary; 21 of these were females and 21 were males. Postmortem
examinations were performed upon 30 of these cases, and
inquests upon 38.