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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR
THE YEAR 1933.
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
1933 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 general
work performed by the Staff of the Public Health Department.
The estimate of population for 1933 was 51,120 as compared
with the Registrar-General's mid-year 1932 estimate of population
(51,680).
The chief statistics relating to the year under review are as
follows:—
The birth rate (12.6 was lower than that for 1932 (15.0) and
is the lowest birth rate recorded in the Borough.