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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR
THE YEAR 1938.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Metropolitan
Borough of Stoke Newington.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit the Annual Report for the year
1938 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 1938 was 50,480 as compared
with 50,250 for the year 1937.
The chief statistics relating to the year under review are as
follows:—
The birth rate (13.8) was lower than that for 1937 (14.9).
The adjusted death rate was 10.5 as compared with 11.4 for
London generally, and 12.0 for the year 1937.
The infantile mortality rate was 43.2 as compared with 37.5
in 1937.
The statistics in this report indicate generally that the health
of the borough has been satisfactory during the year.
The number of overcrowded families living in the borough has
decreased from 246 at the beginning of the year to 89 at the close
of the year.
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