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Stepney 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1950,
Area of Borough 1902.7 acres
Population (Registrar-General's estimate) 99,730
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1950)
according to Rate Books 28,114
Rateable Value (1st April 1950) £1,231,293
Sum represented by a penny rate, gross £5,130
Density of Population (persons per acre) 52.4
BIRTHS. Total M. F.
Legitimate 1714 871 843
Illegitimate. 131 65 66
TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS 1845 936 909 Live-birth rate per 1000
population= 18.50.
STILLBIRTHS 43 21 22 Still birth rate per lOOO
total (live and still)
births = 22. 77•
•TOTAL BIRTHS: 1888 957 931
DEATHS. 1255 703 552 Death Rate per 1000
population = 12.58,
MATERNAL DEATHS 2. Rate per 1000 total (live & still)
births = 1.05.
DEATHS OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE.
Total M. F.
Legitimate 43 29 14 Rate per 1000 live births
(legitimate) = 25.08
Illegitimate . 6 3 3 Rate per 1000 live births
(illegitimate) = 45.80
TOTAL: 49 32 17 Rate per 1000 live births
(total) = 26.55
DEATHS FROM Total M. F.
Cancer 255 153 102
Measles — — —
Whooping Cough - - -
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 4 3 1
Tuberculosis - respiratory, 50 37 13
“ - other forms 6 3 3
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