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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Stepney 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]
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TABLE I —Table shewing the POPULATION, BIRTHS AND DEATHS for year 1900, and 10 years preceeding
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births. | Deaths under One Year of Age. | Deaths at all ages. Total. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Deaths of nonresidents registered in District. | Deaths of Residents registered beyond District. | Deaths at all ages Nett. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per 1000 births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1890 | 60000 | 1851 | 30.8 | 387 | 209 | 1498 | 24.9 | 289 | 233 | 344 | 1609 | 26.8 |
| 1891 | 57599 | 1998 | 34.6 | 349 | 174 | 1350 | 23.4 | 276 | 215 | 365 | 1500 | 26.0 |
| 1892 | 57599 | 1940 | 33.6 | 366 | 188 | 1365 | 23.7 | 275 | 224 | 327 | 1468 | 25.5 |
| 1893 | 57600 | 1954 | 33.9 | 394 | 201 | 1387 | 24.0 | 318 | 245 | 455 | 1597 | 27.7 |
| 1894 | 57600 | 1911 | 33.1 | 327 | 161 | 1188 | 20.6 | 325 | 262 | 470 | 1396 | 24.2 |
| 1895 | 57600 | 2050 | 35.3 | 456 | 222 | 1349 | 23.4 | 255 | 197 | 423 | 1515 | 27.3 |
| 1896 | 58300 | 2012 | 34.6 | 368 | 182 | 1216 | 20.8 | 262 | 210 | 379 | 1385 | 23.7 |
| 1897 | 58508 | 1997 | 34.1 | 386 | 193 | 1301 | 22.2 | 342 | 285 | 446 | 1462 | 25.1 |
| 1898 | 58728 | 1912 | 32.5 | 388 | 208 | 1262 | 21.4 | 355 | 273 | 401 | 1390 | 23.7 |
| 1899 | 58807 | 1933 | 32.8 | 418 | 216 | 1193 | 20.2 | 253 | 184 | 491 | 1500 | 25.5 |
| Averages for years 1890.1899. | 58234 | 1955 | 33.5 | 383 | 195 | 1310 | 22.4 | 295 | 232 | 410 | 1482 | 25.5 |
| 1900 | 58944 | 1839 | 31.1 | 428 | 233 | 1308 | 22.1 | 302 | 241 | 462 | 1529 | 25.9 |
* Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths included in column 7 of this table are the whole of those registered during the year as having
actually occurred within the district. The deaths included in column 12 are the number in column 7, corrected by the
subtraction of the number in column 10 and the addition of the number in column 11.
Bv the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of illness, and dying there; and by
the term "Residents" is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of illness, and have died elsewhere.
Area of District (exclusive of area covered by water), 562 acres. Total population at all ages, 57,599. at Census of 1891.