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Stoke Newington 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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628
and 432 females.
The birth-rate per 1,000 per annum was therefore 16.0, as against 15.8 for the preceding year.
| Year. | Birth-rate. | Rate for London generally. | Rate for England and Wales. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 23.1 | 26.5 | 25.4 |
| 1921 | 20.4 | 22.8 | 22.4 |
| 1922 | 17.8 | 21.0 | 20.6 |
| 1923 | 18.2 | 20.2 | 19.7 |
| 1924 | 16.6 | 18.7 | 18.8 |
| 1925 | 15.8 | 18.0 | 18.3 |
| 1926 | 16.0 | 17.1 | 17.8 |
The illegitimate births numbered 23; 10 males and 13 females.
During the year the births notified locally under the Notification
of Births Act have been compared with the births registered
locally by the Registrar of Births, and the respective figures are 544
and 629.
These figures are fairly satisfactory. Some local Medical
Practitioners and Midwives have been reminded of their failure
to notify.
MORTALITY.
General Mortality.—There were 302 deaths of residents registered
in the Borough, and 266 of residents who died in Public
Institutions outside of the Borough, making a total of 568 deaths.
It is a noteworthy fact that the number of residents who died
in public institutions outside of the Borough during the first two
years of the Borough's existence (1901-2) was only one-half of the
corresponding number for 1925-6, notwithstanding the fact that the
population has meanwhile increased by only about 2,000.