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Stoke Newington 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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Number of people to the acre.—The area of the Borough
amounts to 863 acres, and this houses about 58 people to the acre.
BIRTHS.
During the year 1915 there were 932 births, viz.—464 males
an l 468 females. The birth.rate per 1,000 per annum was therefore
18.4, as against 20.4 for the preceding year. The births in
the Northern Division of the Borough numbered 202, and the
birth.rate was 11.9; while those in the Southern Division were
730, and the birth.rate was 21.8.
| Year. | Birth.rate. | Rate for London generally. | Rate for England and Wales. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 21.6 | 29.0 | 28.5 |
| 1902 | 22.0 | 28.5 | 28.6 |
| 1903 | 21.5 | 28.5 | 28.4 |
| 1904 | 22.3 | 28.0 | 27.9 |
| 1905 | 20.9 | 27.1 | 27. 2 |
| 1906 | 21.2 | 26.6 | 27.0 |
| 1907 | 20.5 | 25.8 | 26.3 |
| 1908 | 20.2 | 25.4 | 26 .5 |
| 1909 | 19.5 | 24.4 | 25.6 |
| 1910 | 18.8 | 23.6 | 24.8 |
| 1911 | 20.7 | 25.0 | 24.4 |
| 1912 | 20.4 | 24.7 | 23.8 |
| 1913 | 22.0 | 24 .5 | 23.9 |
| 1914 | 20.4 | 24.6 | 23.6 |
| 1915 | 18.4 | 22"6 | 21.8 |
The illegitimate births numbered 35; 16 males and 19 females.
During the past four years the Registrar.General has made
arrangements whereby particulars of' those births (of Stoke
Newington parents) which occurred outside the Borough, and
were not, therefore, locally registered, are now transferred to
us; so that 40 such births had to be added to the number registered
within the Borough in 1915. It was impossible, prior to
four years ago, to make this addition, and so the birth.rates for.
Stoke Newington for the last four years must not be taken as
comparable with those of former years.
It may be noted that the excess of the birth.rate over the
death.rate for the year 1901 was 8.5; whereas for the year 1915
(both rates being considerably lower), the figure was only 3.8.