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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Stepney 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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TABLE A.—Giving the area, number of houses in 1901, and the population in 1891 and 1901, in the
various Parishes forming the Borough of Stepney.
| Area in acres. | Number of inhabited houses. | Population. | Increase. | Decrease. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891. | 1901. | |||||
| Limehouse | 262.305 | 4,300 | 32,026 | 32,369 | 243 | |
| Mile End New Town | 43.033 | 1,352 | 11,425 | 13,259 | 1,834 | |
| Mile End Old Town | 677.766 | 13,746 | 107,452 | 112,827 | 5,375 | |
| Norton Folgate | 8.377 | 149 | 1,523 | 1,663 | 140 | |
| Old Artillery Ground | 5.343 | 138 | 2,138 | 2,098 | 40 | |
| Ratcliff | 131.583 | 1,780 | 14,928 | 14,810 | 118 | |
| St. Botolph-without-Aldgate | 79.931 | 173 | 3,218 | 3,170 | 48 | |
| St. George's-in-the-East | 244.550 | 5,007 | 45,795 | 49,068 | 3,273 | |
| Shadwell | 96.611 | 705 | 8,123 | 8,633 | 510 | |
| Spitalfields | 73.847 | 1,445 | 22,933 | 24,208 | 1,275 | |
| Tower of London | 21.6 | 61 | 868 | 736 | 132 | |
| Wapping | 85.082 | 189 | 2,123 | 2,125 | 2 | |
| Whitechapel | 172.738 | 2,417 | 32,564 | 33,634 | 1,070 | |
| Totals | 1902.766 | 31,462 | 285,116 | 298,600 | 13,822 | 338 |