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1,851 births (934 male and 917 female) to Stepney residents.
3,213 births occurred in hospitals in the Borough, 1,388 of
this number being born to Stepney residents.
The live birth-rate is 18.90 per thousand of the population.
The rate when adjusted by the comparability factor
is 16.44, compared with the rate for England and Wales of
15.2.
Illegitimate live births numbered 163, representing 8.8
per cent of the total live births.
Still-births numbered 38, representing a rate of 20.11
per 1,000 total births.
Marriages.
The number of marriages registered during the year was
998, being 130 more than last year. The rate of marriages
per 1,000 population is 20.3, and in 1953 it was 17.6.
Deaths.
The net number of deaths registered during the year was
1,126 (683 males and 443 females;, as compared with 1,187
last year. The rate of 11.51 is the lowest for 16 years and
compares with 12.04 for 1953. Die principal causes of death
were from heart disease, which accounted for 25 per cent of
the total deaths, cancer 23 per cent, and diseases of the
respiratory system 15 per cent. 61 per cent of the deaths
were of persons over the age of 65, and included one woman
aged 101. Details of deaths by cause and age are given in
Table 1 of the Appendix.
In Ehgland and Wales today the expectation of life of
a boy at birth is 67.06 years and of a girl 72.35 years,
compared with 48.53 and 52.38 years between the years 1901
and 1910.
Road Accidents.
Ten^ Stepney residents met their deaths through road
accidents during the year.
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