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Stoke Newington 1903

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

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generally is favourable to Stoke Newington in every instance, except
in respect of Whooping Cough.
The Zymotic Death-rate for the Borough was 1.23 per 1,000
per annum, as against 1.16 in the preceding year. The corresponding
rate for England and Wales was 14.6, that for London generally was
1.76, and that for the 76 great towns was 1.89.

TABLE A 3.

A comparison of the rates of Stoke Newington with those of England and Wales, the76great towns, and London generally, for the Year1903.

General Deathrate.Diseases of Lungs (except Phthisis).Phthisis rate.Rate of Infantile Morality.Birth-rate.Zymotic Death rate.
*
England and Wales15.4......13228.41.46
The 76 great towns16.8......14429.71.89
London generally15.2...1.5013028.51.76
Stoke Newington12.31.81.3012020.91.23
Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping Cough.Typhoid Fever.Diphtheria.Diarrhoea and Dysentry.
England and Wales0.020.270.120.270.100.180.50
The 76 great towns0.030.360.140.330.120.200.71
London generally0.0030.440.080.350.080.160.63
Stoke Newington0.0000.39o.oo0.360.090.130.25

*The number of deaths under one year of age to every 1,000 births.
B