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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF STEPNEY
Telephone PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
Stepney Green 43, White Horse Road,
2484 ' Stepney,
London, E.l.
To the Mayor. Aldermen and Councillors . .
of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.
Your Worship, Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is my privilege to present to you my Annual Report on
the state of the public health in Stepney for the year 1954.
There were no serious outbreaks of illness, and on the
whole the year was a healthy one in spite of unfavourable
weather. January and February were the coldest since 1947,
and the summer, the worst since 1890, was cool, wet and dull,
with very little sunshine from May to August.
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The population, which was at its maximum of 298,600 in
1901, diminished gradually to 200,500 in 1938. The early
years of the 1939/45 war brought a rapid reduction to 71,980,
which increased to 98 ? 581 in the Census year 1951. The present
estimated population is 97,900, a reduction of 670 on last
year's figure.
The live birth rate* is 18.90 (19.46), the death rate*
11,50 (12,04), the marriage rate 20.3 (17.o),.the maternal
mortality rate* 0.51 (0,51)j the infant mortality rate* 22.15
(39.08), and the neonatal mortality .rate 17.28 (20.32),
compared with the rates for last year shown in brackets above.
Only one mother died in childbirth, and there were 38 stillbirths,
giving a stillbirth rate* of 20.11 (19.91).
* Death rate - number of deaths per annum per 1,000 population.
Still birth rate - the number of still births per annum per 1,000
total live and still births.
Live birth rate - number of live births per annum per 1,000 population.
Infant mortality rate - number of deaths per annum of infants under one
year of age per 1,000 live births.
Maternal mortality rate - number of deaths per annum of wcinen ascribed
to pregnancy, childbearing, abortion, etc., per 1,000 live and
still births.
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