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Stoke Newington 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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in the proportion of married women of conceptive ages in the female
population, and over 5 per cent, is due to the decrease in illegitimacy.
Some of the remaining 76 per cent, of the decrease, he states, may
be ascribed to changes in the age constitution of married women,
but he thinks that much of it is due to other than natural causes.
MORTALITY.
| Tear. | General Death-rate. | Bate for London generally. | Rate for England and Wales. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 13.1 | 17.6 | 16.0 |
| 1902 | 13.1 | 17.2 | 16.3 |
| 1903 | 12.3 | 15.2 | 15.4 |
| 1904 | 13.1 | 16.1 | 16.2 |
| 1905 | 12.6 | 15.1 | 15.2 |
| 1906 | 11.5 | 15.7 | 15.4 |
| 1907 | 11.2 | 14.6 | 15.0 |
| 1908 | 12.2 | 13.8 | 14.7 |
The recorded general death-rate is therefore 12.2. This ordinary
death-rate, however, cannot be taken as a true index of the healthiness
of the Borough, nor can it be justly compared with the rates of
other Sanitary areas unless some allowance is made for the relative
proportions of males and females at different ages in the districts
compared.
Death-rates vary very much in different districts according to the
nature of the populations of these districts; for instance, in a district