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Stepney 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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among the people that have lived in the district for some years. That is, the
number of young people in St. George's that get married and settle down in the
district is small compared to the number of families that come to live in the district
and have been married a few years previously.
| The total number of deaths occurring in the Borough was | 5,683 |
| Deduct deaths occurring within the Borough among persons not belonging thereto | 976 |
| 4,707 | |
| Add deaths of residents outside the Borough | 730 |
| 5,437 |
The deaths therefore, including those of residents which occurred in Out-lying
Institutions, but exclusive of those of non-residents which occurred in Public Institutions
situated in the Borough, numbered 5,437. This corresponds to a death-rate
of 17.9 per 1,000 of the population.
1,148 occurred in the Limeliouse District, or at the rate of 19.7 per 1,000.
1,020 „ „ St. George's „ „ „ 20.3 „
1,876 „ „ Mile End „ „ „ 16.3 „
1,393 „ „ Whitechapel „ „ „ 17.5 „
Though the death-rate is still higher than that for the whole of London for the
same period, which was 15.2 per 1,000, it is much less than that for the previous
year, and also a great deal less than the average for the last ten years.
This is true not only of the Borough as a whole, but also of each individual
district.
As far as I am able to ascertain from previous reports, the death-rate has
never been so low in the four districts as it was in 1903. What makes it perhaps
more satisfactory is the gradual and progressive decline which has taken place during
the last four years, as is shown by the following table:—