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Stepney 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1931.
| Area of Borough (in acres) | 1,902.766 | ||||
| Population (Census 1931) | 225,238 | ||||
| Numbsr of inhabited houses (end of 1931) according to Rate Books | 37,772 | ||||
| Rateable value | £1,732,962 | ||||
| Sum represented by a penny rate | £6,885 | ||||
| Total. | Male. | Female. | |||
| Live Births | Legitimate | 3,800 | 1,981 | 1,919 | Birth rate 17.7 |
| Illegitimate | 110 | 64 | 46 | ||
| Still Births | 142 | 80 | 62 | Rate per 1,000 total births 35 | |
| Deaths | 2,958 | 1,605 | 1,353 | Death rate 13.1 | |
| Number of women dying in, or in consequence of childbirth: | From sepsis | 2 | |||
| From other causes | 7 | ||||
| Death rate of Infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births: | |||||
| Legitimate 75. | Illegitimate 181. | Total | 78. | ||
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | 24 | ||||
| „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | 29 | ||||
| „ „ Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) | 66 | ||||
| „ „ Respiratory Tuberculosis | 226 | ||||
| „ „ Other Tuberculous Diseases | 28 | ||||
| „ „ Cancer | 342 | ||||
| „ „ Heart Disease | 525 | ||||
| „ „ Zymotic diseases | 143 | ||||
1- STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
The Census was taken on the 26/27 April and it was ascertained that
Stepney had a population of 225,238 persons—110,087 males and 115,151
females.—This represents a decrease of ,10.8 per cent, in the inter-censal period
1911/1921, and 9.8 per cent, in the inter-censal period 1921/1931, or in plain
figures a decrease of 54,566 over that of 1911 and 24,419 over that of 1921.
The estimate of the Registrar-General to the mid-year 1931 is 226,500, but
excluding the estimated number of non-civilians to be 700, the net figure is
reduced to 225,800.
Population.
The total number of births of Stepney residents during the year was 4,010
2,045 males and 1,965 females—or 202 less than in the previous year.
1,103 of the births belonged to Limehouse.
Births.