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TO THE
HOARD OF WORKS
for the
LIMEHOUSE DISTRICT.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit to you my Report on the
health and sanitary condition of the Limehouse District for the
year 1883.
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During that period there were registered in the District 2,153
births, 1,392 deaths, and 494 marriages. Of the births 1,301 were
registered in Limehouse, 490 in Ratcliff, and 362 in Shadwell and
tapping, giving an annual birth rate to these parishes of 40, 30
and 35 per 1,000 respectively. Of the deaths 727 were of males and
665 of females ; 670 were registered in Limehouse, 259 in Ratcliff, and
463 in Shadwell and Wapping, giving an annual death rate of 21,
16 and 44 per 1,000 to these parishes respectively, but, inasmuch,
as the East London Children's Hospital wherein 161 deaths of
persons resident outside the District, and 33 of persons resident in
Limehouse and Ratcliff were registered, is situated in Shadwell, a
deduction of these 194 deaths must be made. This will reduce the
number of deaths in Shadwell and Wapping to 269, and give a