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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Stoke Newington 1914

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

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Table: DEATHS UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE IN THE DIFFERENT WARDS OF THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEARS 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913 and 1914.

DEATHS UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE IN THE DIFFERENT WARDS OF THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEARS 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913 and 1914.

Name of Ward19041905190619071908190919101911191219131914
Lordship Ward69816212213
Clissold Ward8126114546551
Church Ward2424182319181827141717
Manor Ward983836346103
South Hornsey Ward6666563647353248354143
Palatine Ward211426232218519111814
Totals1341331171021018463106739281

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A comparison of the causes of Infantile Mortality in 1914 with
those of the preceding year shows an increase during last year in
the deaths from tuberculous conditions. It is also noteworthy
that the deaths from Pneumonia and Convulsions are fewer than
those recorded in the preceding year.
THE INFANT CARE WORK.
Miss Aldridge reports as follows :—
"During 1914, 670 infants were visited shortly after birth;
of these 34 were visited by the Voluntary Health Visitors. These
visits were followed by 843 revisits.
" It has seemed even more important since the beginning of the
War to keep in close touch with every baby born in the Borough.
Not only have family circumstances altered so that the poor
require help to better adapt themselves to new conditions, but it
is in time of War that we can best realise the great importance of
the nation's physique. It is upon the infants of to-day that we
shall rely for the strong men of the future, and it is much more
economical to guard against illness in childhood than to treat it
later in life.