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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF STOKE NEWINGTON
REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1953.
Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Stoke Newington, N.16.
TO THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COUNCILLORS
OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF STOKE NEWINGTON.
This Annual Report is presented in the abridged form required by
the Ministry of Health.
There was a slight decrease in the number of Sanitary complaints
received, with a corresponding decrease in the number of inspections
and re-inspections. The number of Outworkers increased slightly and
there was a consequent increase in the number of inspections made of
Outworkers' Premises.
The Registrar-General's estimate of the civilian population in
1953 was 51,250 as compared with 50,610 in 1952, while the number of
births allocated to Stoke Newington in 1953 was 753 as compared with
820 in 1952, thus showing a drop in the birth rate from 16.20 to 14.69.
Deaths of children tinder one year of age were 18 as compared
with 11 in 1952 showing an increase in the death rate from 13.41 to
23.90. The causes of death were Pneumonia 2, Congenital Malformations 4,
Bronchitis 1, Diarrhoea 1, Other Causes 10. Of these 18 deaths, 9
occurred in the first 24 hours of life. The rate of 23.9 for Stoke
Newington compares with 24.8 for London and 26.8 for England and Wales.
Only one death resulted from a Motor Vehicle Accident and this
was a woman between the ages of 45 and 65. Once again it appears that
advice on Accident Prevention is being taken seriously and for the
second year in succession it is pleasing to note that no young children
were involved in fatal accidents.