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Stoke Newington 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF STOKE NEWINGTON.
ANNUAL (INTERIM) REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
FOR THE YEAR 1946
STATISTICS.
| AREA: 863 acres. | POPULATION: 43,790 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIVE BIRTHS | TOTAL | M. | F. | ||
| Legitimate | 904 | 450 | 454 | Birth rate per 1,000 estimated resident population - 21.19 (mid. 1946) | |
| Illegitimate | 54 | 26 | 28) | ||
| 958 | 476 | 482 | |||
| STILL BIRTHS. | |||||
| Legitimate | 21 | 12 | 9 | Rate per l,000 total (live and still) births - 23.4 | |
| Illegitimate | 2 | 2 | - | ||
| 23 | 14 | 1 | |||
| BIRTH NOTIFICATIONS. | |||||
| Of the 938 Stoke Newington births notified, 644 occurred in institutions,, There were 920 live and 16 still births. | |||||
| 259 | 245 | Death rate per 1,000 estimated average population -11.5 | |||
| DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES. (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar General's short list) | |||||
| Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still)births. | ||||
| No. 29 Puerperal sepsis | - | - | |||
| No. 30 Other puerperal causes | 2 | 2.04 | |||
| 2 | 2.04 | ||||
| DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE. | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 36.53 | ||||
| (The average for London is | 41.00) | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 34.29 | ||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 74.26 | ||||