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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF STOKE NEWINGTON.
ANNUAL (INTERIM) REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
For the year 1940.
AREA.
863 acres.
The number of inhabited houses Was 9,127
The rateable value £430,198
Sum represented by a Penny rate £1,685
POPULATION.
Census 1931 51,215
Registrar General's estimate for mid 1940 40,510
LIVE -BIRTHS. TOTAL. M. F.
Legitimate. 593 309 284) Birth rate per 1,000 estimated
Illegitimate. 27 19 8)president population - 15.3
mid 1940.
620 328 292
STILL BIRTHS. TOTAL. M. F.
Legitimate. 17 11 6)Rate per 1,000 total (live
Illegitimate. 4 2 2)and still) births 32.8
21 13 8
BIRTH NOTIFICATIONS.
Of the 491 Stoke Newington births 306 occurred in institutions.
There were 480 live and ll still births.
DEATHS.
753 363 390 Death rate per 1,000 estimated
average population IS 5
Corrected death rate 18.3
DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES.
(Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar General's short
list).
Rate per 1,000 total (live
Deaths. and still) births.
No. 29 Puerperal sepsis. 0 0
No. 30 Other puerperal causes. 0 0
0 0
DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE.
All infants per 1,000 live births 28.1.
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate
live births. 27.7.
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate.
live births. 37.0
DEATHS FROM:-
CANCER (all ages) 83
MEASLES (all ages) 2
WHOOPING COUGH (all ages) -
DIARRHOEA (under 2 years of age) -