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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Stepney 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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On February 26th, Mr. Aaron Woolf, of 89, Sidney Street, was fined £5
and £2 4s. costs for using an underground bakehouse which had not been
certified by the Council.
Model Dwellings.
The so-called model dwellings were carefully inspected during the year,
and the number of persons occupying them was taken, together with their ages.
This action was done for several reasons. One object was to find out whether
they were overcrowded, and the other to obtain the figures necessary to compare
their relative healthiness with the rest of the borough. There are in the
district 104 groups of models, with a population of 26,089.
The population is distributed as follows:—
| Under 1 year of age - | - 1,034. |
| Between 1 and 5 years of age | - 3,700. |
| Between 5 and 20 years of age | - 9,077. |
| Between 20 and 40 years of age | - 8,310. |
| Between 40 and 60 years of age | - 3,341. |
| Above 60 years of age | 627. |
The number of births was 1,007, which corresponds to a birth rate of 38'5
per 1,000. It is therefore slightly higher than the general birth rate of the
Borough.
The four hundred and two deaths that occurred in these buildings during the year were distributed as follows :—
| Under 1 year of age - | 142 |
| Between 1 and 5 years of age - | 87 |
| Between 5 and 15 years of age - | 14 |
| Between 15 and 25 years of age- | 13 |
| Between 25 and 65 years of age - | 107 |
| Above 65 years of age - | 39 |
| 402 |