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Stoke Newington 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS.
Area (Acres)—863.
Population at Census, 1921—52,167.
Registrar-General's Estimate for Mid-1927—52,130.
Number of Inhabited Houses, 1921—8,618.
Number of Families or Separate Occupiers, 1921—14,592.
Rateable Value—£399,066.
Sum Represented by a Penny Rate—£1,619.
Marriages—243, being a rate of 4-7 per 1,000 Persons.
Births—730 Total. M. F.
Legitimate 707 368 339
Illegitimate 23 12 11
Birth Rate (per 1,000 Persons)—14.0.
Deaths—636.
Death Rate (per 1,000 Persons)—12-2.
Number of Women Dying in, or in Consequence of, Chili
Birth—From Sepsis, 1; from other causes, 0.
Maternal Mortality (per 1,000 Births)—1.4.
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age—48 (3 Illegitimate)
Infant Mortality (per 1,000 Births):
Legitimate, 64. Illegitimate, 130. Total, 66.
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 1
,, „ Whooping Cough (all ages) 5
,, „ Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) 4
,, „ Pulmonary Tuberculosis 40
„ ,, all forms of tuberculosis 46
Death Rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis
(per 1,000 living) 0.77
„ „ ,, all forms of tuberculosis
(per 1,000 living) 0.88