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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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TABLE I.
Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1909 and Previous Years.
Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of nonresidents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.* | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births Registered. | Number. | Rate. * | Number. | Rate.* | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1899 | 309926 | 11241 | 36.2 | 1958 | 174.1 | 7045 | 22.7 | 3063 | 1525 | 1282 | 6822 | 22. |
| 1900 | 312340 | 11167 | 35.7 | 1854 | 166. | 6972 | 21.7 | 3128 | 1516 | 1296 | 6572 | 21. |
| 1901 | 298600 | 11052 | 37. | 1817 | 165. | 6541 | 21.9 | 2813 | 995 | 671 | 6217 | 20.8 |
| 1902 | 300551 | 11294 | 37.5 | 1760 | 155.8 | 6073 | 20.2 | 2821 | 925 | 1015 | 6163 | 20.5 |
| 1903 | 302153 | 11271 | 37.6 | 1687 | 149.6 | 5683 | 18.8 | 2844 | 976 | 730 | 5437 | 17.9 |
| 1904 | 303791 | 11159 | 36.7 | 1868 | 167.3 | 6115 | 20.1 | 2803 | 957 | 785 | 5943 | 19.5 |
| 1905 | 305466 | 10596 | 34.6 | 1745 | 164.6 | 5673 | 18.5 | 2841 | 1014 | 774 | 5433 | 17.7 |
| 1906 | 307176 | 10668 | 34.7 | 1641 | 153.8 | 5871 | 19.1 | 1818 | 1202 | 766 | 5435 | 17.6 |
| 1907 | 308923 | 10226 | 33.1 | 1361 | 133. | 5121 | 16.5 | 2787 | 990 | 765 | 4896 | 15.8 |
| 1908 | 310706 | 10124 | 32.5 | 1481 | 146. | 5456 | 17.5 | 3013 | 1062 | 782 | 5176 | 16.6 |
| Averages for years 1899-1908. | 305963 | 10879 | 35.5 | 1717 | 157.5 | 6055 | 19.7 | 2793 | 1116 | 886 | 5809 | 18.9 |
| 1909 | 312525 | 9502 | 30.4 | 1264 | 128.6 | 5225 | 16.7 | 2915 | 1142 | 676 | 4759 | 15.2 |
*Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths to be included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those registered during the year as having actually occurred within the district or division. The deaths
included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column 10 and the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and dying in public institutions there ; and by the term ".Residents" is
meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
The "Public institutions" to be taken into account for the purposes of these Tables are those into which perions are habitually received on account of sickness or infirmity, such as
hospitals, workhouses, and lunatic asylums. A list of the Institutions in respect of the deaths in which corrections have been made are given on the back of this Table.