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REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
for the
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF STEPNEY
FOR THE YEAR 1922.
Public Health Department,
43, White Horse Street,
April, 1923-
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have much pleasure in submitting to you my twenty-second Annual
Report, which deals with the Vital and Sanitary Statistics of the Borough of
Stepney for the year 1922.
Population. The estimated population of 252,170 has been based
on that of the Census of 1921, after allowance has been made for the varying
rate of increase as evidenced by the births and deaths, and of the migration
returns of the Board of Trade, &c.
The density of the population exceeds 200 persons per acre, the greatest
density being in the North East Ward of St, George's, where it is 258 per
acre—the most densely populated of any ward in the Metropolis.
The acreage density does not necessarily provide any index to overcrowding
from the housing point of view. In the calculation of densities the acreage
used is that of all land and inland water together. The presence of parks,
docks, &c., will tend to an understatement of the population pressure in the
areas where they occur.
Compared with 1911, the density figure shows an improvement, there
being a decrease of nearly 50,000 in the population for the ten years 1911-1921.
The number of persons living more than two persons to a room was three
thousand less than in 1911. The number in the Census of 1911 was roughly
92,000, and in that of 1921 it was 69,000.
In respect of room accommodation in houses, according to the Census
of 1921, Stepney had an average of 4,49 rooms per dwelling, with an average
of 1.52 families to each dwelling.