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in Bromley, and 77.00 in Bow.* These estimated populations are
the figures used in calculating the various rates in the present Report for
the year 1906.
The various rates quoted in this Report for the years 1893 to 1900 are
the rates as stated in previous Reports; they are calculated upon the then
estimated populations, and as far as possible from past Annual Reports
for the Parish of Bow figures respecting certain diseases have been
extracted and the rates worked out so that the three parishes might be
compared, but the rates in Tables IV., V., and VI., have been calculated
upon revised estimated populations based upon the known censuses of
1891, 1896, and 1901.
Births.
During the year 1906, 99 births were notified outside the Borough
belonging thereto:—98 by the Medical Officer of Stepney and one by the
Medical Officer of Finsbury. 91 of the Stepney births occurred in the
Mothers' Home, Commercial Road, and 7 in the London Hospital. The
birth in Finsbury took place in the City of London Lying-in Hospital.

During the year 1906, births took place in institutions within the
Borough as follows:—
* These figures are calculated upon the acreage of the district including the water
area, but exclusive of area covered by water they are:—93.96 per acre for the Borough
of Poplar, 10026 for the Parishes of Poplar and Bromley combined, and 79.14 for Bow.
County of London 60.1.