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

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Vital Statistics—	Page

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This marked fall in the birth.rate is mainly due to war conditions.

Year.	Birth.rate.	Rate for London generally.	Rate for England and Wales.

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MORTALITY. General Mortality.—There were 504 deaths of residents registered in the Borough, and 235 of residents who died in Public Institutions outside of the Borough, making a total of 739 deaths. Of these 379 were of females and 360 were of males.

Year.	General Death.rate.	Rate for London generally.	Rate for England and Wales.

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TABLE I. CAUSES OF AND AGES AT DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1915.

Causes ol Death.	Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents" whether occurring within or without the Borough.									Total Deaths whether of "Residents" or "Non.Rcsi. clt.nts" in Institutions in the Borough.
Causes ol Death.	All Ages.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 2 years.	2 and under 5 years.	5 and under 15 years.	15 and under 25 years.	25 and under 45 years.	45 and under 65 years.	65 and upwards.

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TABLE II. SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE DEATHS IN THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN DIVISION OF THE BOROUGH DURING EACH OF THE QUARTERS OF THE YEAR 1915.

DISEASES.	NORTH.					SOUTH.
	Quarters				Total	Quarters.				Total
	1	2	3	4	Total	1	2	3	4	Total

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DISTRICT MORTALITY.

	1st Quarter.	2nd Quarter.	3rd Quarter.	4th Quarter.	Totals.	Rate per 1,000 per annum.

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The deaths under i year of age form 12.6 per cent, of the total deaths at all ages, whereas those for the preceding year formed 13.0 per cent.

Year.	Rate of Infantile Mortality.	Rate for London generally.	Rate for England and Wales.

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TABLE III.—INFANT MORTALITY. 1915. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year ot Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.	Under 1 week	1-2 weeks	2-3 weeks	3-4 weeks	Total under 4 weeks	4 weeks and under 3 months	3 months and under 6 months	6 months and under 9 months	9 months and under 12 months	Total deaths under 1 year

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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, 1914 and 1915.

Name of Ward	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915

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SENILE MORTALITY DURING 1915.

65 to 70	70 to 80	80 to 90	90 and over	Total

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The Zymotic Death.rate for the Borough was 1.21 per 1,000 per annum, as against 0.55 in the preceding year. The rate for London generally was 1.6.

Year.	Zymotic Death.rate.	Rate for London generally.	Rate for England and Wales.

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TABLE IV. Deaths from Zymotic Diseases (including Influenza, Puerperal Fever, and Erysipelas) in the year 1915.

	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Small Pox.	Knteric Fever.	Puerperal Fever.	Measles.	Whooping Cough.	Diarrhoea and Dysentery.	Influenza.	Erysipelas.	Total.

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TABLE V. The chief vital statistics of the Borough of Stoke Newington since its formation.

Year.	Population estimated to middle of year.	Birth.rate.	Rate of Infantile Mortality.	General Death.rate.	Zymotic Death.rate.	Infectious Sickness rate.

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TABLE IV. DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS WITHIN THE BOROUGH, 1915.

Nursing Home, Warw ck Housej Church St.	Nursing Home, 17 Queens Road	Invalid Asylum, 187 High Street		St. Anne's House, Manor Road	Northumberland House, Green Lanes.		Nursing Home, 6/8, Alexandra Road.	Total.

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TABLE 1V. DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS WITHIN THE BOROUGH, 1915.

I. Institutions within the Borough receiving sick and infirm persons from outside the Borough.	II. Institutions outside the Borough receiving sick and infirm persons from the Borough.	III. Other Institutions, the deaths in which have been distributed among the two divisions of the Borough.

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INQUESTS. The following Inquests upon Deaths of Parishioners were held during the year 1915.

	1st quartet	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	Totals

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TABLE VI. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1915.

NOTIFIABLE DISEASE.		Number of Cases Notified.								Total Cases Notified in each Locality—(e.g., Parish or Ward) of the District		Total Cases removed to Hospital
		At all Ages	At Ages—Years.
		At all Ages	Under 1	1 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 45	45 to 65	65 and up-wards	1 North Division.	2 South Division.

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Table showing the number of Cases and Deaths from the Infectious Diseases notified from among residents since the constitution of the Borough.

	Small-pox.		Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria.		Erysipelas.
	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.

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Table showing the number of Cases and Deaths from the Infectious Diseases notified from among residents since the constitution of the Borough.

	Puerperal Fever.		Enteric Fever.		Membranous Croup.		Cerebro-Spinal Fever.
	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.

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TABLE VIII. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during each month of the year 1915.

Small-pox.		Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Enteric Fever.	Puerperal Fever.	Chicken Pox.	Erysipelas.	Anterior Polio Myelitis.	Phthisis.	Ophthalmia Neonatorum.	Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis	Other Forms of Tubercu'osis	Totals.

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The 200 cases of Scarlet Fever 0 curred in 143 houses, in 1 of which there were grave insanitary conditions. There were slight insanitary conditions in 7.

Year.	Death-Rate for Stoke Newington.	Rate for London generally.	Rate for England and Wales

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The origin of the infection remained quite obscure in each case, and in 1 case the patient had been ailing for several weeks before he took to his bed and the disease was diagnosed.

Year.	Death-Rate for Stoke Newington.	Rate for London generally.	Rate for England and Wales.

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The sanitary defects were srrave in 3 instances, and slight in 10.

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The following is a statement of the applications received during 1915, together with the results of the examinations performed at the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, London:—

Disease.	Results.		Total.
	Positive.	Negative.

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Measles.

Year.	Death-Rate for Stoke Newington.	Rate for London generally.	Rate for England and Wales.

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Whooping Cough.

Year.	Death-Rate for Stoke Newington.	Rate for London generally.	Rate for England and Wales.

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ZYMOTIC DIARRHŒA.

Year.	Death-Rate for Stoke Newington.	Rate for London generally.	Rate for England and Wales.

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RETURN SHOWING THE RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION OF PERSONS FOR THE PURPOSES OF DIAGNOSIS.

Persons who before examination at the Dispensary were—	Number of Persons found to be suffering from			Number of Persons found to be NonTuberculous	Number in whom the diagnosis was doubtful	Total
	Pulmonary Tuberculosis		Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis	Number of Persons found to be NonTuberculous	Number in whom the diagnosis was doubtful	Total
	T.B.have been found	T.B. have never been found

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TABLE II. (Treatment). Return showing the number of Patients under Dispensary Treatment.

Patients coming for the first time under public medical treatment	Number of Patients.
	Pulmonary	Non-pulmonary

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Classification and Detailed Statistics of Attendances, etc.

	Insured Persons Male	Insured Persons Female	Uninsured Persons Male	Uninsured Persons Female	Contacts		Total
	Insured Persons Male	Insured Persons Female	Uninsured Persons Male	Uninsured Persons Female	M	F	Total

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Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

Premises. 1	Number of
Premises. 1	Insections. 2	Written Notices. 3	Prosecutions 4

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2— DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

Particulars. 1		Number of Defects			Number of Prosecutions.
		Found	Remedied.	Referred to H.M. Inspector.	Number of Prosecutions.

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3—HOME WORK.

NATURE OF WORK *	OUTWORKERS LISTS, SECTION 107.									Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108.			Outwork in Infected Premises, Sections 109,110.
	Lists received from Employers.						Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists.	Prosecutions.		Instances.	Notices served.	Prosecutions.	Instances.	Orders made S. (110).	Prosecutions (Sections 109, 110).
	Sending twice in the year.			Sending once in the year.				Failing to keep or permit inspection of Lists.	Failing to send lists.
	Lists.!	Outworkers.!		Lists.	Outworkers.
	Lists.!	Contractors	Workmen.	Lists.	Contractors	Wok men.
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)	(13)	(14)	(15)	(16)

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4—REGISTERED WORKROOMS.

Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. (1)		Number (2)

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5—OTHER MATTERS.

Class. (1)		Number (2)

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TABLE IX. Analyses performed under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts during the year, 1915.

No.	Sample Analysed.	Opinion Formed.	Action Taken.

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TABLE IX.— continued.

No.	Sample Analysed.	Opinion Formed.	Action Taken.

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TABLE IX.— continued.

No.	Sample Analysed.	Opinion Formed	Action Taken.

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TABLE IX.— continued.

No.	Sample Analysed.	Opinion Formed.	Action Taken.

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STATUTORY NOTICES. Seventeen statutory notices were authorised by your Committee to be served under Sec. 4, Public Health (London) Act, 1891.

No. in Report Book	Situation of Premises	Nature of Offence	Result of Proceedings

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The following is a list of articles of food seized or surrendered during the year: —

Tinned Food.	No. of Tins.	Tons.	cwt.	qrs.	lbs.

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TABLE OF PROSECUTIONS UNDER THE SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS AND MARGARINE ACTS.

No. of Sample	Article Purchased.	Result of Analysis.	Result of Proceedings.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

This marked fall in the birth.rate is mainly due to war conditions.

MORTALITY. General Mortality.—There were 504 deaths of residents registered in the Borough, and 235 of residents who died in Public Institutions outside of the Borough, making a total of 739 deaths. Of these 379 were of females and 360 were of males.

TABLE I. CAUSES OF AND AGES AT DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1915.

TABLE II. SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE DEATHS IN THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN DIVISION OF THE BOROUGH DURING EACH OF THE QUARTERS OF THE YEAR 1915.

DISTRICT MORTALITY.

The deaths under i year of age form 12.6 per cent, of the total deaths at all ages, whereas those for the preceding year formed 13.0 per cent.

TABLE III.—INFANT MORTALITY. 1915. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year ot Age.

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, 1914 and 1915.

SENILE MORTALITY DURING 1915.

The Zymotic Death.rate for the Borough was 1.21 per 1,000 per annum, as against 0.55 in the preceding year. The rate for London generally was 1.6.

TABLE IV. Deaths from Zymotic Diseases (including Influenza, Puerperal Fever, and Erysipelas) in the year 1915.

TABLE V. The chief vital statistics of the Borough of Stoke Newington since its formation.

TABLE IV. DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS WITHIN THE BOROUGH, 1915.

TABLE 1V. DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS WITHIN THE BOROUGH, 1915.

INQUESTS. The following Inquests upon Deaths of Parishioners were held during the year 1915.

TABLE VI. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1915.

Table showing the number of Cases and Deaths from the Infectious Diseases notified from among residents since the constitution of the Borough.

Table showing the number of Cases and Deaths from the Infectious Diseases notified from among residents since the constitution of the Borough.

TABLE VIII. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during each month of the year 1915.

The 200 cases of Scarlet Fever 0 curred in 143 houses, in 1 of which there were grave insanitary conditions. There were slight insanitary conditions in 7.

The origin of the infection remained quite obscure in each case, and in 1 case the patient had been ailing for several weeks before he took to his bed and the disease was diagnosed.

The sanitary defects were srrave in 3 instances, and slight in 10.

The following is a statement of the applications received during 1915, together with the results of the examinations performed at the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, London:—

Measles.

Whooping Cough.

ZYMOTIC DIARRHŒA.

RETURN SHOWING THE RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION OF PERSONS FOR THE PURPOSES OF DIAGNOSIS.

TABLE II. (Treatment). Return showing the number of Patients under Dispensary Treatment.

Classification and Detailed Statistics of Attendances, etc.

Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

2— DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

3—HOME WORK.

4—REGISTERED WORKROOMS.

5—OTHER MATTERS.

TABLE IX. Analyses performed under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts during the year, 1915.

TABLE IX.— continued.

TABLE IX.— continued.

TABLE IX.— continued.

STATUTORY NOTICES. Seventeen statutory notices were authorised by your Committee to be served under Sec. 4, Public Health (London) Act, 1891.

The following is a list of articles of food seized or surrendered during the year: —

TABLE OF PROSECUTIONS UNDER THE SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS AND MARGARINE ACTS.