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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS. 1947
Area of Borough (in acres) 1902.766
Population (Registrar-General's estimate) 100.020
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1947)
according to Rate Books 25,800
Rateable Value, 1347 £1,242,701
Sum represented by a penny rate £5,178
LIVE BIRTHS. TOTAL M. F. Birth rate per 1000
Legitimate 2038 1072 966 estimated resident
Illegitimate 146 73 75 population - 21.8.
Total Live
Births 2184 1145 1039
STILLBIRTHS. 63 37 25 Rate per 1000 total(live andstill)
Total Births 2246 1182 1064 births - 22.4.
DEATHS. 1419 805 614 Death rate per 1000
estimated resident
population - 14.1.
DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES.
(Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's short list):
Rate per 1000 total
Deaths (live 'and still)
births
No.29 Puerperal sepsis 1 0.4
No.30 Other puerperal causes 1 0.4
2 0.8
DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE.
All infants per 1000 live births 37.5
legitimate infants per 1000 legitimate live births 37.3
Illegitimate " " illegitimate " " 41.09
DEATHS FROM:- Cancer (all ages) 229
Measles " " 3
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 5
Tuberculosis of respiratory system 92
Do. Other forms 7
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