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REPORT
OF THF
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH AND PUBLIC ANALYST
FOR THE YEAR 1919
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Stepney
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have much pleasure in submitting to you my nineteenth Annual Report,
which deals with the Vital and Sanitary Statistics of the Borough of Stepney for
the year 1919
Population,
The population estimated by the Registrar General for the purpose of
calculating the birth rate is 242,202, and for the death rate, 232,506
The death rate population excludes all non-civilian males whether serving
at home or abroad This is necessary for the purposes of local death rates, because
it has proved impossible to transfer the deaths of non-civilians to their areas of
residence or to deal in any other satisfactory manner with the local mortality of
this element in the population
I consider that these estimates are far too low, and, based on the number of
ration books issued at the Local Food Office, of which I was Executive Officer, I
estimate the population to be 280,000 and the rates are calculated on this figure
Births
The total number of births during the year was 5,463—2,798 males, and 2,665
females, or 870 more than in the previous year
The birth-rate was 195 per 1,000 of the population, while that for the whole
of London was 183 per 1,000
1,353 of the births belonged to the Limehouse District
920 of the births belonged to St George-in-the-East
2,271 of the births belonged to Mile End Old Town
919 of the births belonged to the Whitechapel District
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