London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Stepney 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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256 births occurred in the London Hospital:—
59 belonged to Mile End Old Town.
35 belonged to St. George-in-the-East.
20 belonged to the Whitechapel District.
19 belonged to the Limehouse District.
123 belonged to outlying districts.
493 births occurred in the Mothers' Lying-in Home, Commercial
Road:—
107 belonged to Mile End Old Town.
64 belonged to St. George-in-the-East.
21 belonged to the Whitechapel District.
127 belonged to the Limehouse District.
174 belonged to outlying districts.
122 births occurred in the Whitechapel Infirmary:—
83 belonged to the Whitechapel District.
9 belonged to Mile End Old Town.
1 belonged to the Limehouse District.
8 belonged to St. George-in-the-East.
21 belonged to outlying districts.
47 births occurred in St. George's Infirmary:—
44 belonged to St. George-in-the-East.
3 belonged to the Limehouse District.
57 births occurred in the Mile End Infirmary: —
53 belonged to Mile End Old Town.
1 belonged to the Limehouse District.
3 belonged to outlying districts.
13 Births occurred in Poplar belonging to this Borough. All were children of
residents of Limehouse.
7 births belonging to the Borough of Stepney, occurred in the City of London
Lying-in-Home; 7 in the Queen Charlotte's Hospital; 7 in the
British Lying-in-Hospital; 5 in the General Lying-in-Hospital,
Lambeth ; and 2 in the Salvation Army Maternity Hospital, Hackney,
Illegitimate Births,
26 illegitimate births were registered in the Limehouse District, or at the rate
of 21.9 per 1,000 births.
30 illegitimate births were registered in the St. George's District, or at the rate
15.1 per 1,000 births.