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The practical importance of this is that the birth rates in
Limehouse, Mile End and Whitechapel were much lower and
the death rates were much higher than actually stated. In
St. George's the reverse was the case; the birth rates were
higher and the death rates lower than were officially stated.
It also proves that there has been greater immigration
into St. George's than in the rest of the District, but as this
leads to the question of overcrowding it will be dealt with
later.
The following table taken from the Registrar-General's
report shews the increase during the last century in the various
districts in London.