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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1917.
To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors of the Metropolitan
Borough of Stoke Newington.
Gentlemen,—
The vital statistics of the Borough for the year 1917 are less
satisfactory than those for 1916. The general death-rate of 14*1 is
a low one, but there were 9 of the 28 Metropolitan Boroughs with
rates lower than this. The death-rate from the chief infectious
diseases was also low; and the rate of infant mortality (the number
of deaths under one year of age to every thousand births) was 85'6,
as compared with 103 for London generally. An epidemic of
measles and whooping-cough and a much increased number of
deaths among those of 70 years and upwards, were mainly
responsible for the less favourable vital statistics of the Borough
for 1917 as compared with the preceding year.
In accordance with a suggestion from the Local Government
Board, the report has been made as short as possible. It is little
more than a bare statistical record of the mortality and sickness
within the Borough during the year 1917.
It will be seen that, in all the circumstances, a satisfactory
amount of public health work has been performed during the past
year. I have pleasure in testifying to the efficiency and zeal of the
workers in my department.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
April, 1918.
HENRY KENWOOD.