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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1932.
Area of Borough (in acres) 1902.766
Population (Census 1931) 225,238
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1932) according to Rate Books 37,900
Rateable; value £1,720,722
Sum represented by a penny rate £6,849
Total. Male. Female.
Live Births
Legitimate 3,617 1,854 1,763
Illegitimate 111 58 53
Birth rate
16.7
Still Births 120 62 58
Deaths 2,754 1,512 1,242
Rate per 1,000
total births 32
Death rate 12.3
Number of women dying in,
or in consequence of childbirth : From sepsis 3
From other causes 7
Death rate of Infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births :
Legitimate 61.6. Illegitimate 63. Total death-rate 61.6.
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 67
,, ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) 12
,, ,, Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) 45
,, ,, Respiratory Tuberculosis 190
,, ,, Other Tuberculous Diseases 30
,, ,, Cancer 379
,, ,, Heart Disease 578
,, ,, Zymotic diseases 154
1.- STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Population.
The Census taken on the 26/27 April, 1931, ascertained that Stepney had
a population of 225,238 persons—110,087 males and 115,151 females. This
represents a decrease of 54,566 over that of 1911 and 24,419 over that of 1921.
The estimate of the Registrar-General to the mid-year 1932 is 223,000.
Births.
The total number of births of Stepney residents during the year was 3,728
—1,912 males and 1,816 females—or 282 less than in the previous year.
1,000 of the births belonged to Limehouse.
614 of the births belonged to St. George-in-the-East.