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Stepney 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS. 1958.
Area of Borough1902.7 Acres
Population (Registrar-General's
mid-year Estimate of Home
Population) 96,360
Number of inhabited dwellings
according to Rate Books 25,601
Rateable Value £2,OJil,535
Sum represented by
penny rate (1958/9) £7,850
General rate (1958/9) 19/- in £
Density of population
(persons per acre) 54.56
BIRTHS. T0TAL Male Female
All Births 1853 983 870
Live Births -Legitimate 1617 868 749
-Illegitimate 201 95 106
Total - 1818 963 855
Still-births - Legitimate 29 17 12
- Illegitimate 6 3 3
Total - 35 20 15
DEATHS.
All Causes 1161 698 463
Maternal 2 - 2
Infants under 1 year - Legitimate 32 20 12
- Illegitimate 4 2 2
Total - 36 22 14
RATES*
Live birth rate per 1000 population 18.86
Death rate per 1000 population 12.04
Still-birth rate per 1000 total births 18.88
Maternal death rate per 1000 total births 1.07
Infant death rate (under 1 year) per 1000 live births 19.80
Illegitimate infant death rate per 1000 illegitimate live
births 19.90
Neo-natal death rate (under 4 weeks) per 1000 live births 11.55
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births 11.05
(*) See footnote to page 2.
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