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their places are taken by young married people, the birth-rate must of
necessity be above the average for some years. The larger the number of
persons of the child-bearing period in a district, the greater will be the
number of children born, and the higher will be the birth-rate.
181 births occurred in the London Hospital:—
42 belonged to Mile End Old Town.
20 belonged to St. George-in-the-East.
28 belonged to the Whitechapel District.
14 belonged to the Limehouse District.
77 belonged to outlying districts.
390 births occurred in the Mothers' Lying-in Home, Commercial
Road:—
71 belonged to Mile End Old Town.
52 belonged to St. George-in-the-East.
16 belonged to the Whitechapel District.
83 belonged to the Limehouse District.
168 belonged to outlying districts.
91 births occurred in the Whitechapel Infirmary:—
60 belonged to the Whitechapel District.
5 belonged to Mile End Old Town.
3 belonged to the Limehouse District.
5 belonged to St. George-in-the-East.
18 belonged to outlying districts.
61 births occurred in St. George's Infirmary, all belonging to St.
George's.
57 births occurred in the Mile End Infirmary:—
55 belonged to Mile End Old Town.
2 belonged to outlying districts.
6 births occurred in Poplar belonging to this Borough. All were
children of residents of Limehouse.
1 birth belonging to Whitechapel occurred in the City of London
Lying-in Home.
Illegitimate Births.
19 illegitimate births were registered in the Limehouse District, or at
the rate of 10.1 per 1,000 births.