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Stepney 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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TABLE 1.

Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1903 and Previous Years.

Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.

Year.Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.Deaths of nonresidents registered in Public Institutions in the District.Deaths of residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District.Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District.
Number.Rate.*Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
Number.Rate per 1,000 Births Registered.Number.Rate.*Number.Rate.*
12345678910111213
18932862671118639.071938173.2740125.8269213651288732425.5
18942867001097238.21758160.2639722.3274012341311639822.3
18952902701133939.062048180.6716024.6281913091296708724
18962957081156439.11878162.4648121.92606128012226423217
18972983081141038.21888165.4652921.8279713981260639121.4
18982995071139038.021968172.6697623.22858139412196801227
18993099261124136.21958174.1704522.7306315251282682222
19003123401116735.71854166679221.7312815161296657221
190129860011052371817165654121.92813995671621720.8
19023005511129437.51760155.8607320.228219251015616320.5
Averages for years 1893—19022978171126137.81886167.5673922.6283312941l86661922.1
19033021531127137.61687149.6568318.82844976730543717.9

* Rates in Columns 4, 8 and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths to be included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those registered during the year as having actually occurred within the district or division. The deaths
to be included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column 10 and the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term " Non-residents " is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and dying in public institutions there ; and by the term " Residents " is
meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
The " Public institutions " to be taken into account for the purposes of these Tables are those into which persons are habitually received on account of sickness or infirmity, such as
hospitals, workhouses and lunatic asylums.