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Stoke Newington 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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POPULATION.
The population of the Borough has remained remarkably
constant since it was formed. In 1901, its first full year, it was
51,247. At the 1921 census it was 52,167. The Registrar-General,
making allowance for births, deaths, and migration, has estimated
the mid-year population of 1926 as 53,080, and of 1927 as 52,130.
Since in 1927 births exceeded deaths by 125, according to his figures
there have been lost to the Borough between 1926 and 1927 by
migration 1,075 persons, or a nett loss of 950 persons, being 1.8
per cent. of the 1926 population. Such loss as has in fact occurred
is in part explained by the displacement of families from the
overcrowded Southern Wards to London County Council Housing
Estates.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered in the Borough was 513, which
included 26 births to non-residents. In addition, 243 children
were born to Stoke Newington residents outside the Borough.
The corrected total is therefore 730, giving a rate of 14.0 births per
1,000 persons living.
The following table shows that this is the lowest rate that the Borough has experienced. Prior to 1920 there had been no lower rate than 14.0, in 1918. In this it is keeping company with the rates for England and Wales, and London, thus:
| 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 |
| 1927 | 14.0 | 16.1 | 16.7 |