Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR
Live Births: — | Total. | M. | F. | |
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— | ||||
Deaths from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth—Nil.
Death rate of Infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births:—
Legitimate 29.83. Illegitimate 27.77. Total 29.74.
Death rate of Infants under four weeks of age per 1,000 live births:—
Legitimate 25.05. Illegitimate Nil. Total 24.02.
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 102
,, Measles (all ages) Nil
„ Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil
„ Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea (all ages) 3
Population.
The Registrar-General's estimate of the civilian population of Stoke Newington
in 1951 is 49.440.
Live Births. | Still Births. | |||||
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Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | |
— | ||||||
Infantile Mortality.
During 1951 the Registrar-General allocated to Stoke Newington the deaths of
26 children under the age of twelve months. This figure was an increase of 5 over
the number of deaths in 1950.
District. | Infant Mortality rate, 1951 | Infant Mortality rates in previous years. | |||
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1950 | 1949 | 1948 | 1947 | ||