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For these reasons, I believe the estimated population is much less than
the actual population and therefore the birth rate and death rate are
lower than that recorded in the following pages.
Births.
The total number of births during the year was 4,577—2,314 males and
2,263 females—or 16 more than in the previous year.
The birth-rate was 18.7 per 1,000 of the population, while that for the
whole of London was 15.9 per 1,000.
1,228 of the births belonged to the Limehouse District, or at the rate
of 24.1 per 1,000 of the population.
814 of the births belonged to St. George-in-the-East, or at the rate of
20.6 per 1,000 of the population.
1,802 of the births belonged to Mile End Old Town, or at the rate of
17.7 per 1,000 of the population.
733 of the births belonged to the Whitechapel district, or at the rate of
13.9 per 1,000 of the population.
The total number of births and the birth-rate have been declining year
by year until this year, when the number is slightly higher.
The increase was slight in the Limehouse district, but more pronounced
in St. George-in-the-East and the Whitechapel district.
The number of births was less in Mile End than in the previous year.
Births in Public Institutions in the Borough.
1,258 births occurred in the East End Maternity Hospital, Commercial
Road:—
196 belonged to Mile End Old Town.
276 belonged to the Limehouse District.
33 belonged to the Whitechapel District.
85 belonged to St. George-in-the-East.
668 belonged to outlying Districts.
649 births occurred in the London Hospital:—
126 belonged to Mile End Old Town.
48 belonged to St. George-in-the-East.