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

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Stepney 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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5 belonged to Mile End Old Town.
3 belonged to St. George-in-the-East.
1 belonged to outlying districts.
30 births belonging to this Borough occurred in Poplar, 28 having occurred
in the Stepney Workhouse, 27 belonged to the Limehouse District and
1 to Mile End.
21 births belonging to the Borough of Stepney, occurred in the City of London
Lying-in Hospital; 5 in Queen Charlotte's Hospital; 3 in the General
Lying-in Hospital; 1 in the British Lying-in-Hospital; 3 in St.
Bartholomew's Hospital; 2 in the Middlesex Hospital; 1 each in the
Hackney Workhouse, Bethnal Green Workhouse, and Camberwell
Workhouse. 3 births occurred in private houses in other boroughs.
Illegitimate Births,
41 illegitimate births were registered in the Limehouse District, or at the rate
of 22.6 per 1,000 births.
40 illegitimate births were registered in St. George-in-the-East, or at the rate
of 25.4 per 1,000 births.
42 illegitimate births were registered in Mile End Old Town, or at the rate
of 12.5 per 1,000 births.
63 illegitimate births were registered in the Whitechapel District, or at the
rate of 36.6 per 1,000 births.
Marriages.
The marriages during the year numbered 2,520, or 16 more than in the previous
year.
The proportion of persons married was 18 per 1,000 of the population, while
that for the whole of London was 17.8 per 1,000.
381 marriages occurred in the Limehouse District, or at the rate of 14.1
per 1,000 of the population.
307 marriages occurred in St. George-in-the-East, or at the rate of 13.0
per 1,000 of the population.
1,303 marriages occurred in Mile End Old Town, or at the rate of
23.4 per 1,000 of the population.
529 marriages occurred in the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of 15.6
per 1,000 of the population.