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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR
THE YEAR 1937.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Metropolitan
Borough of Stoke Newineton.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit the Annual Report for the year
1937 on the state of the public health of the Borough of Stoke
Newington.
The report is an " Ordinary report " and is arranged in accordance
with the requirements of the Ministry of Health.
The subjects dealt with concern the vital statistics, housing
and sanitary conditions of the borough; inspection and supervision
of food ; maternity and child welfare; the Tuberculosis
Dispensary, and the general work carried out by the staff of
the Public Health Department.
The estimate of population for 1937 was 50,250 as compared
with 50,350 for the year 1936.
The chief statistics relating to the year under review are as
follows:—
The birth rate (14.9) was higher than that for 1936 (13.8).
The adjusted death rate was 12.0 as compared with 12.3 for
London generally, and 10.9 for the year 1936.
The infantile mortality rate was 37.5 as compared with 45
in 1936, and is the lowest rate that has ever been recorded in
the borough.
The total number of notifiable diseases attributed to the borough
was 311 as compared with 351 for the year 1936.
There was a decrease in the number of cases of scarlet fever,
diphtheria and tuberculosis and an increase in the number of
cases of pneumonia, puerperal conditions and dysentery.
These figures indicate generally that the standard of health
of the borough has continued to be satisfactory during the year.
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