[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough].

  • Stoke Newington (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1951?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    12 EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR Live Births:— Total. M. F. Legitimate 825 448 377 ] Birth rate 17.64 Illegitimate 31 11 20 ) Still Births:— Legitimate 18 11 7 ) Rate per 1,000 total births 20.59 Illegitimate — — — Deaths 509 259 250 Death rate 10.49 Deaths from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth i—Nil. Death rate of Infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births:— Legitimate 23.03. Illegitimate 64.51 Total 24.53 Death rate of Infants under four weeks of age per 1,000 live births:— Legitimate 15.75. Illegitimate 64.51. Total 17.52 Deaths from Cancer all ages 96 Measles (all ages) Nil „ W 'hooping Cough (all ages) Nil Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea (all ages) 5 Population. The Registrar-General's estimate of the civilian population of Stoke Newington in 1950 is 48.510. Births. Live Births. Still Births. Male. Female, i Total. Male. Female. Total. Legitimate 448 377 825 11 7 18 Illegitimate 11 20 31 — —? — Deaths. The death rates in England and Wales, London and Stoke Newington in the past five years were:— District. Death rate. 1950 Death rates in previous years. 1949 1948 1947 1946 England and Wales 11.6 11.7 10.8 12.0 11.5 London ... 11.8 12.2 11.6 12.8 12.7 Stoke Newington 10.4 10.7 11.3 11.0 11.5 Infantile Mortality. During 1950 the Registrar-General allocated to Stoke Newington the deaths of 21 children under the age of twelve months. This figure was an increase of 6 over the number of deaths in 1949. The infant mortality rates in England and Wales, London and Stoke Newington in the past five years were:— District. Infant Mortality rate. Infant Mortality rates in previous years. 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 England and Wales 29.8 32 34 41 43 London 26.3 29 31 37 41 Stoke Newington 24.5 15 27 22 36