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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Stepney 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1946.
| Area of Borough (in acres) | 1902.766 | ||||
| Population (Registrar-General's estimate) | 94,800 | ||||
| Number of inhabited houses (end of 1946) according to Rate Books | 25,004 | ||||
| Rateable Value,1946 | £1,229,808 | ||||
| sum represented by a penny rate | £4,820 | ||||
| Total | Male | Female | Birth rate per 1000 of the estimated resident population 22.6. | ||
| Live Births | Legitimate | 1972 | 1051 | 921 | |
| Illegitimate | 175 | 91 | 84 | ||
| Total | 2147 | 1142 | 1005 | ||
| Still Births | 51 | 28 | 23 | Rate per 1000 total (live & still) births 23.7 | |
| 2198 | 1170 | 1028 | |||
| Deaths | 1399 | 808 | 591 | Death rate per 1000 of the estimated resident population -14.7 | |
| Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List:- | |||||
| Deaths | Rate per 1000 total (live and still) births | ||||
| No.29. Puerperal sepsis | 1 | 0.4 | |||
| No.30. Other puerperal causes | 3 | 1.4 | |||
| Total | 4 | 1.8 | |||
Death rate of Infants under one year of age:-
All infants per 1000 live births 51.2
Legitimate infants per 1000 legitimate live births 46.6
Illegitimate infants per 1000 illegitimate
live births 102.8
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 198
" " Measles (all ages) 1
" " Dierrhoea (under 2 years of age) 15
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