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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF STOKE NEWINGTON
REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR THE YEAR 1963
Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Stoke Newington, N.16.
To the Mayor Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington.
I have the honour to present my Annual Report for the year 1963 on
the health and sanitary circumstances of Stoke Newington,,
The Registrar-General's estimate of the civilian population in 1963
was 52,830. The number of births allocated to this borough was 1,350
as compared with 1,271 in 1962, thus showing an increase in the birth rate
from 24.00 to 25.55. It will be noted that there was an increase in the
illegitimate birth rate from 15.18 in 1962 to 17.92 in 1963.
Of the five deaths from motor vehicle accidents which occurred during
the year, four were due to pedestrians being struck by cars and one resulted
from collision of vehicles. Deaths from other accidents showed a
decrease as compared with 1962 and involved four personso Three cases
were due to accidental poisoning and one person died as a result of
asphyxiation due to drowning.
The total deaths of Stoke Newington residents was 576 indicating an
increase in the death rate from 10.59 to 10.90. The causes were
Tuberculosis 3; Cancer of all sites 111; Vascular lesions of Nervous
System 53; Heart Disease 188; Pneumonia 41; Bronchitis 63; Suicides 10;
Accidents 9; Homicide and Operations of War 1, and other diseases 97.
Deaths from cancer of the lung and bronchus totalled 29 as compared
with 25 in 1962.
During the year publicity in connection with Smoking and Cancer of
the Lung has continued by the display of posters throughout the borough.
Leaflets on the subject have also been distributed through the various
departments of the Council.
An Anti-smoking Advisory Clinic has been set up by the London
County Council at the Woodberry Down Health Centre, Green Lanes, N.4.
This service is available to all members of the public on application
for an appointment.
Notifications of Infectious Diseases totalled 663 compared with
436 in 1962., the increase being mainly due to the number of cases of
dysentery notified during the first and second quarters of the year.
No cases of poliomyelitis were reported but 27 new cases of