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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR
THE YEAR 1932.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Metropolitan
Borough of Stoke Newington.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit the Annual Report for the year
1932 on the state of the public health of the Borough of Stoke
Newington.
The report is arranged in accordance with the requirements
of the Ministry of Health and the subjects dealt with concern
the vital statistics, housing and sanitary conditions of the area;
inspection and supervision of food ; maternity and child welfare;
the activities of the Tuberculosis Dispensary; and the genera]
work performed by the Staff of the Public Health Department.
The estimate of population for 1932 was 51,680 as compared
with the Registrar-General's mid-year 1931 estimate of population
(51,380).
The chief statistics relating to the year under review are as
follows:—
The birth rate (15.0) was slightly lower than that for 1931
(15.2).