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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1925.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Metropolitan Borough
of Stoke Newington.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The Minister of Health requests that this year a Report
shall be presented in which a "Survey" of the Sanitary
Circumstances and Public Health of the Borough, for the 5 years,
1921-1925, is made. For future reference purposes, it seems
desirable that the Report for 1925 should be uniform with my
previous Annual Reports, and so I propose to make the " Survey "
a short and separate addendum to this Report.
The Chief Vital Statistics of the Borough for the year 1925 were
very similar to those for the preceding year; the general death-rate
being slightly less and the rate of infantile mortality a little higher.
The Infectious Sickness Rate for 1925 was markedly lower
than that for the preceding year. This was due mainly to the
greatly reduced prevalence of Measles.