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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF STEPNEY
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
43 White Horse Road,
Stepney,
To the.Mayor. Alderman and Councillors London, E.l.
of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.
Your Worship, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my Annual Report on thG
state of the public health in Stepney for the year 1953.
The population of the Bprough, according to the RegistrarGeneral's
estimate is down by 430 on last year, and is now
98,570. The "Census" population for 1951 was 98,581.
The death rate* is reduced from 13.84 to 12.04, and the
still birth rate* from 26.22 to 19.91.
The live birth rate* Is up from 19.13 in 1952 to 19.4tS
this year, and the total number of births registered rose .
from 1894 to 1919.
For some reason, which is difficult to explain, the
deaths of infants under one year of age, which had been
steadily declining, have gone up from 35 last year to 75 this
year. The infant, mortality rate * last year, vis. l8.47t
which was the lowest in the history of the Borough, has risen
to 39.08 - the highest since 1946, The details- of these
infant deaths are shown'on page 53.
The maternal mortality rate* was 0.51, and there was
only one maternal death.
There were no deaths from scarlet fever or diphtherial
but 3 from whooping cough and 1 from measles.
*,Death rate - the: number of deaths per annum per 1000 population.
Still birth rate - the number of still births er annum per 1000
total live ana still births.
Live birth rate - the number of live births per annum per 1000
population.
Infant mortality rate - the number of deaths per annum of infants
under one: y ear of age per 1000 live births.
Maternal mortality rate - the number of deaths er annum of women
1scribed to pregnancy, chilobearihg, abortion, etc., per 1000
live ano still births.
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