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Stoke Newington 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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DEATHS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE IN THE DIFFERENT WARDS OF THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEARS 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908 and 1909.
| Name of Ward. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | J1907. | 1903. | 1909. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lordship Ward | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Clissold Ward | 7 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 5 |
| Church Ward | 30 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 23 | 19 | 18 |
| Manor Ward | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| South Hornsey Ward | 65 | 66 | 66 | 56 | 36 | 47 | 35 |
| Palatine Ward | 20 | 21 | 14 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 18 |
| Totals | 136 | 134 | 133 | 117 | 102 | 101 | 84 |
A comparison of the causes of infantile mortality in 1909 with
those of the preceding year shows an increase during last year in
the deaths from whooping cough, and a decrease in those from
diarrhœal diseases, premature birth and bronchitis.
There are notable differences when the rates of Infant Mortality
in Metropolitan districts, well and badly circumstanced socially, are
compared, vide Annual Report of Medical Officer of London County
Council, for 1908; a fact which sufficiently indicates the results
which might be obtained if the infants of the less favoured districts
had extended to them the same care as that bestowed upon infants of
the better favoured districts. Among Metropolitan Boroughs the loss
of infant life has for several years been greatest in Shoreditch and
Bermondsey, and least in Hampstead.
When the least overcrowded are contrasted with the most overcrowded
districts, it is remarkable that the difference is greatest, not
among infants within 3 months, but amongst those of from 9 to 12
months; and that at the latter ages the mortality in the most