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Stoke Newington 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington]

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THE MORTUARY.
Daring the year, 43 bodies were deposited in the Public
Mortuary. Post-mortem examinations were performed upon 15 of
these.
INQUESTS.
20 Inquests were held upon Deaths of Parishioners during
the year 1921.
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.
It will be seen from Table IV. that 699 Notification Certificates
of Infectious Illness were received from medical practitioners.

Table: The Infectious Sickness Rateof the Borough, excluding the notifications from Tuberculosis, Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, Acute Polio-Myelitis, Encephalitis and Ophthalmia, so as to make the rate comparable with that of former years, was 12.1 to each 1,000 of the population, as against 8.0 for the preceding year.

The Infectious Sickness Rateof the Borough, excluding the notifications from Tuberculosis, Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, Acute Polio-Myelitis, Encephalitis and Ophthalmia, so as to make the rate comparable with that of former years, was 12.1 to each 1,000 of the population, as against 8.0 for the preceding year.

Year.Infectious Sickness Rate.
19183.8
19195.4
19208.0
192112.1