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Births in
Outlying
Districts.
16.1 births occurred outside the Borough, the parents being residents of
Stepney.
25 belonged to Limehouse.
14 belonged to St. George-in-the-East.
62 belonged to Mile End Old Town.
60 belonged to Whitechapel.
Triplets.
One set of triplets was born in the Borough during the year.
Notification
of Births
Act.
The Notification of Births Act applies to the notification of any child
which is born after the 28th week of pregnancy whether alive or dead.
The number of births notified was 3,843—3,738 live births and 105 stillbirths.
2,612 were notified by midwives and 1,231 by doctors and parents.
Marriages.
The total number of marriages which took place during the year was 2,050,
or 6 more than in the previous year.
The proportion of persons married was 18.3 per .1,000 of the population.
Deaths,
The total number of deaths, after deducting deaths of non-residents who
died in the Borough and adding those residents who died in Outlying Institutions
was 2,754—1,512 males and 1,242 females—or 204 less than in the
previous year.
612 of the deaths belonged to Limehouse.
438 of the deaths belonged to St. George-in-the-East.
1,031 of the deaths belonged to Mile End Old Town.
673 of the deaths belonged to Whitechapel.
The death-rate for the whole Borough was 12.3 per .1,000 of the population.
Deaths in
Public
Institutions
in the
Borough
2,115 deaths occurred in Public Institutions in the Borough, of which 1,381
belonged to Stepney and 734 belonged to other Boroughs.
Belongingto Stepney, Belonging to
other Boroughs
East End Maternity Hospital, Commercial Road 13 26
Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital for Children,
Shadwell 42 66
London Hospital, Whitechapel Road 161 507
London Jewish Hospital, Stepney Green 62 23
Mile End Hospital, Bancroft Road 360 24
St. George's Hospital, Raine Street 315 12
St. Peter's Hospital, Vallance Road 295 45
Sick Room Help Society, 24, Underwood Street 6 11
Stepney Institution, South Grove 127 20