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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF STOKE NEWINGTON.
ANNUAL (ABRIDGED) REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
for the Year 1946
Public Health Department,
Town Hall, N.16.
27th August, 1947.
To the Mayors Aldermen & Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies & Gentlemen
An abridged report concerning the health of the borough
during the year 1946 is herewith submitted.
1946 was the first full year after the cessation of hostilities,
and many of the statistics and developments have been
directly influenced by the war.
The reaction from war to peace has been in some ways as
difficult as that from peace to war. Many of the hopes raised
by the cessation of hostilities have been unfulfilled and this
has led to a psychological reaction which has affected one's
capacity to appreciate those developments in the social service
which are now available to a large section of the population,
and which were net available before the war.
Never "before in the history of this country have we seen
such well-nourished, developed and clothed babies and children,
and even although we are subject to rationing, the clothing of
the elementary school-children in the poorer parts of the boroughs
is greatly in advance of the standard prior to the war.
If we draw up a balance sheet we have, on the credit side:-
1. The priority schemes for milk and vitamins, free or at
reduced prices for children under 5 and for expectant
and nursing mothers.