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ANNUAL (INTERIM) REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
For the Tear 1944.
AREA;
863 acres.
POPULATION: 35.240
LIVE BIRTHS,
TOTAL.
M.
F.
Legi timate.
727
375
352
Birth rate per 1,000 estimated
resident population - 21.9
mid 1944.
Illegitimate.
J±
24
20
771
399
372
STILL BIRTHS
TOTAL
M.
F.
Legitimate.
16
10
6
Rate per 1,000 total (live and
still) births 20.3
Illegitimate.
I
1
17
10
7
BIRTH NOTIFICATIONS.
Of the 598 Stoke Newington births, 427 occurred in institutions. There
were 587 live and 11 still births.
DEATHS. 511 240 271 Death rate per 1,000
estimated average population
14.5.
DEATHS FROM PJERPERAL CAUSES.
(Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar General's short list)
Rate per 1,000
total (live and
Deaths. still) births.
#
No. 29 Puerperal sepsis.
No. 30 Other puerperal causes.2 2. 6
2 2.6
DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE.
All infants per 1,000 live births. 32.4
(The average for London is 52. 0)
Legitimate infants per 1,000
legitimate live births.34.4
Illegitimate infants per 1,000
illegitimate live births.
DEATHS FRCM:-
CANCER (all ages)85
MEASLES (all ages)
WHOOPING COUGH (all ages)4
DIARRHOEA (under 2 years of age). 3
CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS.
The causes of deaths (511) were as follows
Influenza 1, Tuberculosis of Respiratory System 19, Other Tuberculous
Diseases 3, Syphilis 2, Cancer 85, Diabetes 3, Heart Disease 136, Other
circulatory Diseases 19, Bronchitis 35, Pneumonia 21, Other respiratory
Diseases 7, Peptic Ulcer 7, Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 3, Other Digestive
Diseases 10, Acute and Chronic Nephritis 5, Premature birth, Congenital
Malformation,etc, 10, Suicide 6, Other violent causes 53, Other defined
Diseases 41, Typhoid 1, Cerebro Spinal Fever 2, Intra Cranial Vasoular
Lesions 32, Other maternal causes 2, Road Traffic aooidents 4.
It is noteworthy that 54 per cent of all deaths occurred in persons
over 65 years of ago.