Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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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The part which the low birth-rate plays in favouring the low
general death-rate of the Borough is duly accounted for in arriving
at the corrected death-rate.
MORTALITY.
Year. | General Death-rate. | Rate for London generally. | Rate for England and Wales. |
---|---|---|---|
The recorded general death-rate is therefore 11.5. This ordinary
death-rate, however, cannot be taken as a true index of the