London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Stepney 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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11 births belonging to the Borough of Stepney occurred in the City of London
Lying-in Hospital; 10 in Queen Charlotte's Hospital; 2 in the General
Lying-in Hospital; 2 in St. Bartholomew's Hospital; 2 in the
Middlesex Hospital; 1 in the Salvation Army Maternity Home,
Hackney; 3 in the West Ham Workhouse; 1 each in the Shoreditch
Workhouse, Islington Workhouse, Holborn Workhouse, Newington
Workhouse, Eastern Hospital, and 1 birth occurred in a private
house in another Borough.
Illegitimate Births.
30 illegitimate births were registered in the Limehouse District, or at the rate
of 16.6 per 1,000 births.
32 illegitimate births were registered in St. George-in-the-East, or at the rate
of 22 per 1,000 births.
56 illegitimate births were registered in Mile End Old Town, or at the rate of
16.8 per 1,000 births.
36 illegitimate births were registered in the Whitechapel District, or at the
rate of 22.7 per 1,000 births.
Marriages.
The marriages during the year numbered 2,500, or 69 less than in the previous
year.
The proportion of persons married was 18T per 1,000 of the population
while that for the whole of London was 18.3 per 1,000.
422 marriages occurred in the Limehouse District, or at the rate of 16 per
1,000 of the population.
277 marriages occurred in St. George-in-the-East, or at the rate of 11.8
per 1,000 of the population.
1,322 marriages occurred in Mile End Old Town, or at the rate of 23.8
per 1,000 of the population.
479 marriages occurred in the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of 14.6
per 1,000 of the population.