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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1934.
Area of Borough (in acres) 1902 766
Population (1934) (Registrar-General's estimate) 214,990
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1934) according to Rate Books 37,757
Rateable value £1,737,350
Sum represented by a penny rate £6,914
Total. Male. Female.
Live Births Legitimate 3,174 1,610 1,564 1 Birth rate
Illegitimate 125 64 61 15.3
Still Births 111 61 50 Rate per 1,000
total births 33.6
Deaths 2,657 1,419 1,238 Death rate 12.3
Number of women dying in,
or in consequence of childbirth: From sepsis 6
From other causes 12
The death rate was 545 per 1,000 births
Death rate of Infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births:
Legitimate ... 86'9 Illegitimate ... 96'0 Total death-rate ... 87.2
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 88
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) 20
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 69
,, „ Respiratory Tuberculosis 183
„ „ Other Tuberculosis Diseases 21
„ „ Cancer 321
„ „ Heart Disease 633
„ „ Zymotic diseases 204
1.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA.
The estimate of the Register-General to the mid-year 1934 is 214,990.
The total number of births of Stepney residents during the year was 3,299
—1,674 males and 1,625 females—or 20 less than in the previous year.
The birth-rate was 15.3 per 1,000 of the population.
Population.
Births,