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Stepney 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1935.
| Area of Borough (in acres) | 1902766 | |||||
| Population (1935) (Registrar-General's estimate) | 211,500 | |||||
| Number of inhabited houses (end of 1935) according to Rate Books | 37,766 | |||||
| Rateable value 31st. December, 1935 | £1,737,255 | |||||
| Sum represented by a penny rate | £6,913 | |||||
| Total. | Male. | Female. | Birth rate 14.3 | |||
| Live Births | Legitimate | 2,920 | 1,505 | 1,415 | ||
| Illegitimate | 107 | 53 | 54 | |||
| Still Births | 91 | 52 | 39 | Rate per 1,000 total births 30.0 | ||
| Deaths | 2,393 | 1,290 | 1,103 | Crude Death rate 11.3 | ||
| Comparative Death rate 12'8 | ||||||
| Number of women dying in, or in consequence of childbirth: From sepsis | 1 | |||||
| From other causes | 5 | |||||
| The death rate was 1.9 per 1,000 births. | ||||||
| Death rate of Infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births: | ||||||
| Legitimate | 60.9 | Illegitimate | 121.4 | Total death-rate | 63.0 | |
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | nil | |||||
| „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | 6 | |||||
| „ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 44 | |||||
| ,, „ Respiratory Tuberculosis | 147 | |||||
| „ „ Other Tuberculosis Diseases | 23 | |||||
| ,, ,, Cancer | 333 | |||||
| „ „ Heart Disease | 704 | |||||
| „ „ Zymotic diseases | 77 | |||||
I.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA.
The estimate of the Registrar-General to the mid-year 1935 is 211,500.
Population.
The total number of births of Stepney residents during the year was 3,027
—1,558 males and J,469 females—or 272 less than in the previous year.
The birth-rate was 14.3 per 1,000 of the population.
Births.