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REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF STEPNEY
FOR THE YEAR 1926.
Public Health Department
43, White Horse Street,
May, 1927.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my twenty-sixth Annual Report upon
the Vital Statistics and Sanitary condition of the Borough for the year 1926.
Population.
The estimated population is 256,100, distributed as follows:—
Limehouse, Ratcliff, Shadwell and Wapping 53,500
St. George-in-the-East 41,420
Mile End Old Town 106,000
Whitechapel, Spitalfields, Mile End New Town, etc. 55,180
Births.
The total number of births during the year was 4,977—2,471 males and
2,506 females—or 394 less than in the previous year.
The birth-rate was 19'4 per 1,000 of the population, while that for the
whole of London was 17.1 per 1,000.
1,301 of the births belonged to the Limehouse district, or at the rate of
24.3 per 1,000 of the population.
963 of the births belonged to St. George-in-the-East, or at the rate of
23'2 per 1,000 of the population.
2,009 of the births belonged to Mile End Old Town, or at the rate of 18'9
per 1,000 of the population.
704 of the births belonged to the Whitechapel district, or at the rate of
12 9 per 1,000 of the population.