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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Stoke Newington 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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Infantile Mortality
During 1955 the Registrar-General allocated to Stoke Newington the
deaths of 18 children under the age of twelve months. This figure was
an increase of 7 over the number of deaths in 1952.
The infant mortality rates in England and Wales, London and Stoke Newington in the past five years were:-
| District | Infant Mortality rate 1955 | Infant Mortality rates in previous years. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 1951 | 1950 | 1949 | |||
| England and Wales | 26.8 | 27. | 29. | 29. | 52. | |
| London | 24.8 | 25. | 26. | 26. | 29. | |
| Stoke Newington | 25.9 | 15. | 29. | 24. | 15. | |