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Stepney 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1952
| Area of Borough - 1902.7 acres. Population (Registrar- | Rateable Value (1st April, 1952) £1,248.815. | |||||
| General's Estimate of Home Population as at 30th June. 1952) | Sum represented by a penny rate | £4,990. | ||||
| 99,000 | Density of population (persons per acre) | 56.05. | ||||
| Number of inhabited houses (end of 1952) according to Rate Books | 29,003 | |||||
| BIRTHS. | Total | Male | Female | Rates. | ||
| Legitimate | 1728 | 909 | 819 | |||
| Illegitimate | 166 | 98 | 68 | |||
| TOTAL LIVE BIRBIS | 1894 | 1007 | 887 | LIVE BIRTH RATE per 1000 population | 19.13 | |
| STILL BIRTHS | 51 | 28 | 23 | STILL BIRTH RATE per 1000 total (live and still) births | 26.22 | |
| TOTAL BIRTHS | 1945 | 1035 | 910 | |||
| DEATHS. | Total | Male | Female | Rates. | ||
| TOTAL (All Ages) | 1371 | 797 | 574 | DEATH RATE per 1000 population | 13.84 | |
| MATERNAL | 6 | MATERNAL DEATH RATE per 1000 total (live and still) births | 3.08 | |||
| CHILDREN UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE. Legitimate | 32 | 17 | 15 | RATE per 1000 legitimate live births | 18.51 | |
| Illegitimate | 3 | 3 | - | RATE per 1000 illeg. itimate live births | 18.07 | |
| TOTAL. i | 35 | 20 | 15 | RATE per 1000 live births (total) | - 18.47 | |
| DEATHS from | Total | Male | Female | |||
| Cancer | 241 | 138 | 103 | |||
| Measles | - | - | — | |||
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | |||
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 1 | - | 1 | |||
| Tuberculosis - respiratory | 49 | 34 | 15 | |||
| „ - other forms | 1 | - | 1 | |||