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in Bromley, and 77.73 in Bow.* These estimated populations are
the figures used in calculating the various rates in the present Report for
the year 1909.
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 1909, 134 births were notified outside the Borough
belonging thereto:—132 by the Medical Officer of Stepney, one by the
Medical Officer of Health of Paddington, and one by the Medical Officer of
Health of Lambeth. 120 of the Stepney births occurred in the Mothers'
Home, Commercial Road, and 12 in the London Hospital. The birth in
Paddington took place in the London Lock Hospital. The Lambeth
birth occurred in the Clapham Maternity Hospital.

*These figures are calculated upon the acreage of the district including the inland
water area, not tidal and foreshore, but exclusive of area covered by water they are:—
79.91 per acre for the Borough of Poplar, 80.04 for the Sub-Districts of Poplar and
Bromley combined, and 79.52 for Bow. County of London 60.6 (Census 1901).