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Population.
The population estimated to the middle of 1900 was
58,944 distributed as follows:—
Limehouse 33,444
Ratcliff 14,932
Shadwell and Wapping 10,568
Births.
The number of births in the year was 1,839—945 males
and 894 females. This corresponds to a birth rate of 31.1 per
1,000 of the population, the average for the preceding 10 years
being 33.5 per 1,000.
Per 1,000
of the
population.
1,125 births ??? in Limehouse with a birth rate of 33.8
401 ,, „ Ratcliff „ „ „ 27.5
313 „ ,, Shadwell and Wapping ,, 29.6
The birth rate for the whole of the district is 2.5 per 1,000
above that of London as a whole, but is lower than that of
1899. In fact the birth rate has been gradually declining since
1895.
In 1895 the birth rate was 35.5 per 1,000 of the population.
1896 ,, ,, 34 „ ,, ,,
1897 ,, „ 34 „ „ ,,
1898 ,, ,, 32.5 „ ,, ,,
1899 ,, ,, 32.8 „ ,, ,,
1900 ,, ,, 31.1 ,, ,, ,,
Marriages.
There were 370 marriages during the year, the average
number for the previous 10 years being 410. The proportion