London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Stoke Newington 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR
| Live Births'.— | Total | M. | F. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 767 | 393 | 374 | Birth Rate 16.20 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 53 | 33 | 20 | |||||
| Legitimate | 13 | 10 | 3 | Rate per 1,000 total births 15.60 | ||||
| Illegitimate | — | — | — | |||||
| Deaths | 557 | 290 | 267 | Death rate 11.00 | ||||
| Deaths from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth—1 | ||||||||
| Death rate of Infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births:— | ||||||||
| Legitimate 14.34 Illegitimate Nil Total 13.41 | ||||||||
| Death rate of Infants under four weeks of age per 1,000 live births:— | ||||||||
| Legitimate 9.12 Illegitimate Nil Total 8.53 | ||||||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 116 | ||||||||
| „ „ Measles (all ages) Nil | ||||||||
| „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil | ||||||||
| „ „ Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea (all ages) 4 | ||||||||
| Population. The Registrar-General's estimate of the civilian population of Stoke Newington in 1952 is 50,610. Births. | ||||||||
| 393 | 374 | 767 | 10 | 3 | 13 | |||
| 33 | 20 | 53 | — | — | — | |||
| Deaths. | ||||||||
| 1952 | 1951 | 1950 | 1949 | 1948 | ||||
| 11.3 | 12.5 | 1 1.6 | 11.7 | 10.8 | ||||
| 12.6 | 13.1 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 11.6 | ||||
| 11.0 | 12.3 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 11.3 | ||||
Infantile Mortality.
During 1952 the Registrar-General allocated to Stoke Newington
the deaths of 11 children under the age of twelve months. This
figure is a decrease of 15 over the number of deaths in 1951.
The infant mortality rates in England and Wales, London
| District | infant Mortality rate | Infant Mortality rates in previous years | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 1951 | 1950 | 1949 | 1948 | |
| 27.6 | 29 | 29 | 32 | 34 | |
| 23.8 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 31 | |
| 13.4 | 29 | 24 | 15 | 27 | |