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

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The birth-rate per 1,000 per annum was therefore 20.4 as against 20.2 for the preceding year. The birth-rate lor the Northern Division of the Borough was about 12.0, while that for the Soulthern Division was 24.9.

Year.	Birth-rate.	Rate for London generally.	Rate for England and Wales.

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MORTALITY. General Mortality. —There were 451 deaths of residents registered in the Borough, and 159 of residents who died in Public Institutions outside of the Borough, making a total of 610 deaths. Of these 296 were of females and 314 were of males.

Year.	General Death-rate.	Rate for London generally.	Rate for England and Wales.

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TABLE A. CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING YEAR 1906.

Deaths in or belonging to Whole District at subjoined Ages.	Causes of Death.
Deaths in or belonging to Whole District at subjoined Ages.	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.	Whooping Cough.	Diphtheria & Membranous Croup.	Enteric Fever.	Epidemic Influenza.	Diarrhoea.	Enteritis.	Puerperal Fever.		Erysipelas.	Other Septic Diseases.	Phthisis(Pulmonary Tuberculosis).	Other Tubercular Diseases.	Cancer. Malignant Disease.	Bronchitis.	Pneumonia.	Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs.	Alcoholism, Cirrhosis of Liver.	Venereal Diseases.	Premature Birth.	Heart Diseases.		Accidents.	Suicides.	Diseases of the Nervous System.	Old Age.	All other Causes.	All Causes.

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DISTRICT MORTALITY.

	1st Quarter.	2nd Quarter.	3rd Quarter.	4th Quarter.	Totals.	Rate per 1,000 per annum.

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The deaths! under 1 year of age form 19.5 per cent. of the total deaths of all ages, whereas those for the preceding year formed 19.2 percent

Year.	Kate of Infantile Mortality.	Rate for London generally.	Rate for England and Wales.

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TABLE A1. Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington.—Infantile Mortality during the Year 1906. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

	Cause of Death.
	Common Infectious Diseases.		Diarrhœal Diseases.			Wasting Diseases.					Tuberculous Diseases.		Meni Dgitis (not Tuberculous).	Convulsions	BroDchitis (including Broncho-Pneumonia)	Laryngitis	Suffocation	Other causes	Measles	Venereal Diseases	Totals
	Diphtheria. Croup	Whooping Cough	Diarrhoea, all forms	Enteritis (not Tuberculous)	Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh	Premature Birth	Congenital Defects	Injury at Birth	Want of Breast-milk	Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus	Tuberculous Meningitis	Other Tuberculous Diseases	Meni Dgitis (not Tuberculous).	Convulsions	BroDchitis (including Broncho-Pneumonia)	Laryngitis	Suffocation	Other causes	Measles	Venereal Diseases	Totals

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DEATHS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE IN THE DIFFERENT WARDS OF THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEARS 1903, 1904, 1905 and 1906.

Name of Ward.	1903.	1904.	1905-	1906.

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TABLE A2. Showing the Distribution of the Deaths in the Northern and Southern Divisions of the Borough during each of the quarters of the year 1906.

Diseases.	North.					South.
	Quarters.				Total.	Quarters.				Total.
	1	2	3	4	Total.	1	2	3	4	Total.

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SENILE MORTALITY DURING 1906.

65 to 70	70 to 80	80 to 90	90 and over.	Total.

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DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS WITHIN THE BOROUGH, 1906,

St. Anne's House, Manor Road.	North umber-land House, Green Lanes.	Invalid Asylum, 187, High Street.	Nursing Home, 8, Alexandra Road.	Nursing Home, 21, Stamford Hill.	Total.

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The Zymotic Death-rate for the Borough was 1.09 per 1,000 per annum, as against 1.27 in the preceding year.

Year.	Zymotic Death-rate.	Hate for London generally.	Rate for England and Wales.

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TABLE A3. Deaths from Zymotic Diseases (including Influenza) in the Year, 1906.

	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Small Pox.	Enteric Fever.	Puerperal Fever.	Measles.	Whooping Cough.	Diarrhoea and Dysentery.	Influenza.	Erysipelas.	Total.	Rate to every 1 ,000 persons.

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TABLE A4. Analysis of the Vital Statistics of the Metropolitan Boroughs and of the City of London, after Distribution of Deaths occurring in Public Institutions, for the Year 1906.

Cities and Boroughs.	Estimated Population in the middle of 1906.	Annual Rate per 1,000 Living.			Deaths of Children under one year of age to 1,000'Births.
Cities and Boroughs.	Estimated Population in the middle of 1906.	Deaths.	Principal Infectious Diseases.	Notifiable Diseases Attack-rate.	Deaths of Children under one year of age to 1,000'Births.

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TABLE A 5. The chief vital statistics of the Borough of Stoke Newington since its formation.

Year.	Population estimated to middle of year.	Birth-rate.	Rate of Infantile Mortality.	General Death-rate.	Zymotic Death-rate.	Infectious Sickness rate.

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I. II. III.

Institutions within the District receiving sick and infirm persons from outside the District.	Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the District.	Other Institutions, the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District.

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INQUESTS. The following inquests upon deaths of parishioners were held during the year 1906:—

	1st Quarter.	2nd Quarter.	3rd Quarter.	4th Quarter.	Totals.

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Northern Division was 2.5 while that in the Southern Division was 6.4.

Year.	Infectious Sickness Rate.	Rate for London generally.

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TABLE B. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1906.

Cases notified in Whole District.	Small Pox.	Cholera.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Erysipelas.	Scarlet Fever.	Typhus Fever.	Enteric Fever.	Relapsing Fever.	Continued Fever.	Puerperal Fever.	Plague.	Chicken Pox.	Phthisis (Voluntary).	Totals.

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TABLE B 1. Table showing the number of Cases and Deaths from the Infectious Diseases notified from among residents since the constitution of the Borough.

	Small-pox.		Scarlet Fever.		Diphtheria.		Continued Fever.
	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.

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TABLE B2. Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during each month of the year 1906.

	Small-pox.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Enteric Fever.	Puerperal Fever.	Continued Fever.	Erysipelas.	Chicken-pox.	Phthihis.	Totals.

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The 137 cases of Scarlet Fever occurred in 113 houses, in 6 of which there were grave insanitary conditions ; in 13 the insanitary conditions were slight, and in the remaining houses there was an absence of such conditions.

Year.	Death-Kate for Stoke Newington.	Rate for London generally.	Rate for England and Wales.

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The origin of the infection remained quite obscure in the majority of cases; and in many instances, as I pointed out in a previous Report, the patient had been ailing for several weeks before he took to his bed and the disease was diagnosed.

Year.	Death-Rate for Stoke Newington.	Rate for London generally.	Rate for England and Wales.

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The 45 cases of Diphtheria occurred in 42 houses, 5 of which were more or less insanitary. The sanitary defects were grave in one and slight in four other instances.

Year.	Death-Rate for Stoke Newington.	Kate for London generally.	Hate for England and Wales.

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The following is a list of the applications received during 1906, together with the results of the examinations performed at the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, London:—

Disease.	Positive	Results.	Total.
Disease.	Positive	Negative.	Total.

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MEASLES AND WHOOPING COUGH. Measles.

Year.	Death-Rate for Stoke Newington.	Rate for London generally.	Rate for England and Wales.

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Whooping Cough.

Year.	Death-Rate for Stoke Newington.	Rate for London generally.	Rate for England and Wales.

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ZYMOTIC DIARRHCEA.

Year.	Death-Rate for Stoke Newington.	Rate for London generally.	Rate for England and Wales.

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PHTHISIS (CONSUMPTION), The 25 cases voluntarily notified during 1906 occurred in 24 different homes.

Year.	Death-Rate for Stoke Newington.	Rate for London generally.

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The observations have been reduced to mean values by Glaisher's Barometrical and Diurnal Range Tables, and the Hygrometrical results from the Sixth Edition of his Hygrometrical Tables.

Month.	Temperature of Air.				Mean Temp'rature of Air.	Rain.		Relative Humidity. Saturation. 100.
	Highest	Lowest	Mean.			No. of Days it fell.	Amnt. Collctd.
	Highest	Lowest	Of all Highest	Of all Lowest.		No. of Days it fell.	Amnt. Collctd.

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1.—INSPECTION. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

Premises.	Number of
Premises.	Inspections.	Written Notices.	Prosecutions.

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2.—DEFECTS FOUND.

Particulars.		Number of Defects.			Number of Prosecutions.
Particulars.		Found.	Remedied.	Referred to H.M. Inspector	Number of Prosecutions.

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Continued from previous page....

NATURE OF WORK.	OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107.								Number of Inspections of Outworkers' premises.	OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES, SECTION 108.			OUTWORK IN INFECTED PREMISES, SECTIONS 109, 110.
	Lists received from Employers.				Numbers of Addresses of Outworkers received from other Councils.	Numbers of Addresses of Outworkers forwarded to other Councils.	Prosecutions.			Instances.	Notices served.	Prosecutions.	Instances.	Order made (S 110).	Prosecutions (Sections 109, 110).
	Twice in the year.		Once in the year.				Failing to keep or permit inspection of Lists.	Failing to send lists.
	Lists.	Outworkers.	Lists.	Outworkers.			Failing to keep or permit inspection of Lists.	Failing to send lists.
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)	(13)	(14)	(15)	(16)

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4.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.

Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year.	Number.
(1)	(2)

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5.—OTHER MATTERS.

Class.		Number.
(1)		(2)

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Table showing the results of Analyses of Samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, during the year 1905 in England and Wales:—

	Percentage Adulterated.
	1904.	1905.

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TABLE C. ANALYSES PERFORMED UNDER THE SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS DURING THE YEAR.

No.	Sample Analysed.	Opinion Formed.	Action Taken.

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TABLE C.— continued.

No.	Sample Analysed.	Opinion Formed.		Action Taken.

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TABLE C.— continued.

No.	Sample Analysed.	Opinion Formed.	Action Taken.

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TABLE C.— comtinued.

No.	Sample Analysed.	Opinion Formed.	Action Taken.

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PROSECUTIONS ORDERED BY SANITARY AUTHORITY UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1891, AND BYE-LAWS OF THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL.

No. in Report Book.	Situation of Premises.	Nature of Offence.	Result of Proceedings.

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TABLE OF PROSECUTIONS UNDER THE SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS AND MARGARINE ACTS.

No. of Sample.	Article Purchased.	Result of Analysis.	Result of Proceedings.

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The birth-rate per 1,000 per annum was therefore 20.4 as against 20.2 for the preceding year. The birth-rate lor the Northern Division of the Borough was about 12.0, while that for the Soulthern Division was 24.9.

MORTALITY. General Mortality. —There were 451 deaths of residents registered in the Borough, and 159 of residents who died in Public Institutions outside of the Borough, making a total of 610 deaths. Of these 296 were of females and 314 were of males.

TABLE A. CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING YEAR 1906.

DISTRICT MORTALITY.

The deaths! under 1 year of age form 19.5 per cent. of the total deaths of all ages, whereas those for the preceding year formed 19.2 percent

TABLE A1. Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington.—Infantile Mortality during the Year 1906. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

DEATHS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE IN THE DIFFERENT WARDS OF THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEARS 1903, 1904, 1905 and 1906.

TABLE A2. Showing the Distribution of the Deaths in the Northern and Southern Divisions of the Borough during each of the quarters of the year 1906.

SENILE MORTALITY DURING 1906.

DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS WITHIN THE BOROUGH, 1906,

The Zymotic Death-rate for the Borough was 1.09 per 1,000 per annum, as against 1.27 in the preceding year.

TABLE A3. Deaths from Zymotic Diseases (including Influenza) in the Year, 1906.

TABLE A4. Analysis of the Vital Statistics of the Metropolitan Boroughs and of the City of London, after Distribution of Deaths occurring in Public Institutions, for the Year 1906.

TABLE A 5. The chief vital statistics of the Borough of Stoke Newington since its formation.

I. II. III.

INQUESTS. The following inquests upon deaths of parishioners were held during the year 1906:—

Northern Division was 2.5 while that in the Southern Division was 6.4.

TABLE B. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1906.

TABLE B 1. Table showing the number of Cases and Deaths from the Infectious Diseases notified from among residents since the constitution of the Borough.

TABLE B2. Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during each month of the year 1906.

The 137 cases of Scarlet Fever occurred in 113 houses, in 6 of which there were grave insanitary conditions ; in 13 the insanitary conditions were slight, and in the remaining houses there was an absence of such conditions.

The origin of the infection remained quite obscure in the majority of cases; and in many instances, as I pointed out in a previous Report, the patient had been ailing for several weeks before he took to his bed and the disease was diagnosed.

The 45 cases of Diphtheria occurred in 42 houses, 5 of which were more or less insanitary. The sanitary defects were grave in one and slight in four other instances.

The following is a list of the applications received during 1906, together with the results of the examinations performed at the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, London:—

MEASLES AND WHOOPING COUGH. Measles.

Whooping Cough.

ZYMOTIC DIARRHCEA.

PHTHISIS (CONSUMPTION), The 25 cases voluntarily notified during 1906 occurred in 24 different homes.

The observations have been reduced to mean values by Glaisher's Barometrical and Diurnal Range Tables, and the Hygrometrical results from the Sixth Edition of his Hygrometrical Tables.

1.—INSPECTION. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

2.—DEFECTS FOUND.

Continued from previous page....

4.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.

5.—OTHER MATTERS.

Table showing the results of Analyses of Samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, during the year 1905 in England and Wales:—

TABLE C. ANALYSES PERFORMED UNDER THE SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS DURING THE YEAR.

TABLE C.— continued.

TABLE C.— continued.

TABLE C.— comtinued.

PROSECUTIONS ORDERED BY SANITARY AUTHORITY UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1891, AND BYE-LAWS OF THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL.

TABLE OF PROSECUTIONS UNDER THE SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS AND MARGARINE ACTS.