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Stoke Newington 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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During the year the births notified under the Notification of
Births Act have beer, compared with the births registered by the
Registrar of Births, and the comparison (794 as against 932)
has revealed the fact that the requirements of the Notification of
Births Act are still not fully complied with, notwithstanding the
efforts which have been made to make these requirements known.
In many cases I have takeni steps to ascertain the cause of the
failure of notification and to draw the attention of the responsible
party to his or her legal default.
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. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 | 13.1 | 17.6 | 16.0 |
| 1902 | 13.3 | 17.2 | 16.3 |
| 1903 | 12.6 | 15.2 | 15.4 |
| 1904 | 13.4 | 16.1 | 16.2 |
| 1905 | 13.0 | 15.1 | 15.2 |
| 1906 | 12.0 | 15.7 | 15.4 |
| 1907 | 11.8 | 14.6 | 15.0 |
| 1908 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.7 |
| 1909 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 14.5 |
| 1910 | 11.8 | 12.7 | 13.4 |
| 1911 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 14.6 |
| 1912 | 11.6 | 13.6 | 13.3 |
| 1913 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 13.7 |
| 1914 | 12.3 | 14.4 | 13.6 |
| 1915 | 14.6 | 16'1 | 15.1 |