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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1911.
To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors of the Metropolitan 'Borough
of Stoke Newington.
Gentlemen,
The vital statistics of the Borough for the year 1911 were not of
the usual satisfactory nature, and the special circumstance of last
summer's heat and drought w,as mainly responsible for this. The
general death-rate of 12.5 compares favourably with the corresponding
rate of 15.0 for the Metropolis as a whole, but it
was higher than the rates of the preceding two years. The death-rate
from the chief infectious diseases (1.69) was the highest since the year
1903, although it is considerably below the rate for the whole of the
Metropolis (2.20). The rate of infantile mortality (the number of
deaths under one year of age to every thousand births) amounted to
101.2, as against 128 for the Metropolis, and there were only five other
Metropolitan Boroughs with lower rates. It is obvious, however,
from our experience, that sustained efforts are necessary in order to
permanently stem the wastage of infant life, and I would direct your
particular attention to the reference to the subject of infant mortality
on pp. 105-110 of this Report.
There is nothing noteworthy with reference to the notifications of
infectious diseases during 1911, save that while they exceeded those for
the two preceding years, there were only five other Metropolitan
Boroughs with lower rates.
With the 1911 Census figure available, it has been possible to
calculate the yearly populations with greater precision than has been
the case since 1901. These have been recalculated, and the rates
given for previous years in this Report are therefore revised rates.