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Tt is true this occurred for two or three years subsequent to 1901, but
hardly any in 1907 and the preceding year. This alone is sufficient to make the
estimate more or less fallacious. This method of estimating population, however,
has advantages over others which are sometimes employed. One method is
based upon the extent of the excess of the number of births over the number
of deaths in any particular year. The excess of births over deaths is known
as the "natural increase" in the population, but the accuracy of this method
obviously rests upon the absence of any marked difference between the immigration
and emigration associated with the district concerned.
In the Borough of Stepney, emigration and immigration profoundly affect
the population, and any estimate based upon the natural increase of the population
would be almost worthless It will be thus understood that, after a certain
period since the census was taken, all methods of estimating the population
are liable to error. On the whole, the method adopted by the RegistrarGeneral
is the most reliable for this district.
The estimated population is distributed as follows:—
Limehouse District 58,685
St. George-in-the-East 52,150
Mile End Old Town 117,529
Whitechapel District 80,559
Births.
The total number of births registered during the year was 10,226, which
consisted of 5,258 males and 4,968 females.
1,855 belonged to the Limehouse District, or at the rate of 31.6 per
1,000 of the population.
2,107 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, or at the rate of 40.4 per
1,000 of the population.
3,832 belonged to the Mile End District, or at the rate of 32.6 per
1,000 of the population.
2,432 belonged to the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of 30.1 per
1,000 of the population.
The birth-rate throughout the whole Borough was 33.1 per 1,000 of the
population, whilst that of London as a whole was 25.6 per 1,000.