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in Bromley, and 77.45 in Bow.* These estimated populations are
the figures used in calculating the various rates in the present Report for
the year 1908.
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 Sub-District of Bow figures respecting certain diseases have been
extracted and the rates worked out so that the three sub-districts 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 1908, 133 births were notified outside the Borough
belonging thereto:—129 by the Medical Officer of Stepney, two by the
Medical Officer of Finsbury, one by the Medical Officer of Health of Marylebone,
and one by the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich. 112 of the
Stepney births occurred in the Mothers' Home, Commercial Road, and
15 in the London Hospital. The two births in Finsbury took place in
the City of London Lying-in Hospital. The Marylebone birth occurred
in Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital.

*These figures are calculated upon the acreage of the district including the inland
water area, but exclusive of area covered by water they are:—79.79 per acre for the
Borough of Poplar, 79 98 for the Sub-Districts of Poplar and Bromley combined, and
79.23 for Bow. County of London 60.6.