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Stepney 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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THE FOLLOWING TABLES HAVE BEEN EXTRACTED FROM THE CENSUS, 1931:—
TABLE 3.—ACREAGE, POPULATION, PRIVATE FAMILIES AND DWELLINGS.
| Administrative Area (and Registration Reference Number). | Acreage (Land and Inland Water). | Total Population. | Private Families and Dwellings, 1931 | Persons per Room. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921. | 1931. | Private Fami.ies. | Population in Private Families. | Structur ay Separate Dwellings occupied. | Rooms occupied. | ||||||
| Persons. | Persons. | Males. | Females. | Persons per Acre. | |||||||
| Stepney Met. B. and C.P. Wards: (18 : 1-4) | 1,766 | 249,657 | 225,238 | 110,087 | 115,151 | 127.5 | 54,657 | 214,061 | 35,671 | 161,570 | 1.33 |
| Limehouse North (18 : 3) | 99 | 17,332 | 17,328 | 8,612 | 8,716 | 175.0 | 4,227 | 17,056 | 2,432 | 11,963 | 1.43 |
| Limehouse South (18 : 2 & 3} | 147 | 13.020 | 12.222 | 6.209 | 6.013 | 83.1 | 2.958 | 11.758 | 1.761 | 9.220 | 1.28 |
| Mile End Old Town :— | |||||||||||
| Centre (18 : 2 & 3) | 121 | 19,208 | 17,981 | 8,603 | 9,378 | 148.6 | 4,453 | 17,767 | 2,743 | 12,871 | 1.38 |
| North (18 : 2) | 152 | 17,512 | 15,727 | 7,440 | 8,287 | 103.5 | 4,038 | 15,113 | 2,566 | 12,946 | 1.17 |
| North East (18 : 2) | 93 | 12,419 | 11,837 | 5,681 | 6,156 | 127.3 | 2,981 | 11,131 | 1,703 | 9,871 | 1.13 |
| South (18 : 1-4) | 114 | 21,169 | 18,616 | 8,798 | 9,818 | 163.3 | 4,837 | 18,416 | 2,919 | 15,388 | 1.20 |
| South East (18 : 2 & 3) | 113 | 16,288 | 14,743 | 7,008 | 7,735 | 130.5 | 3,993 | 14,731 | 2,125 | 12,341 | 1.19 |
| West (18 : 1 & 4) | 81 | 16,585 | 14,400 | 7,005 | 7,395 | 177.8 | 3,517 | 14,159 | 2,513 | 11,054 | 1.28 |
| Ratcliff (18 : 3) | 113 | 12,300 | 11.521 | 5.677 | 5.844 | 102.0 | 2.790 | 11.118 | 1.845 | 8 301 | 1.34 |
| St. George in the East:— | |||||||||||
| North East (18 : 1, 3 & 4) | 51 | 11,582 | 10,656 | 5,085 | 5,571 | 208.9 | 2,574 | 10,601 | 1,552 | 7,117 | 1.49 |
| North West (18 : 1 & 4) | 57 | 16,257 | 13,555 | 6,608 | 6,947 | 237.8 | 3,324 | 13,459 | 2,380 | 9,460 | 1.42 |
| South (18 & 4) | 136 | 12,602 | 11,455 | 5,697 | 5,758 | 84.2 | 2,594 | 10,635 | 1,601 | 6,998 | 1.52 |
| Shadwell (18 : 3 & 4) | 69 | 7,878 | 8,225 | 3,980 | 4,245 | 119.2 | 1 897 | 7,913 | 1,571 | ||
| Spitalfields East (is : 1) | 50 | 10,708 | 9,265 | 4,707 | 4 558 | 185.2 | 2,207 | 8,282 | 1,615 | 5,095 | 1 • 55 |
| Spitalfields West (18 : 1) | 37 | 6,646 | 4,218 | 2 070 | 2,148 | 114.0 | 978 | 3,791 | 638 | 5,387 | 1.54 |
| The Tower (18:41 | 117 | 4 635 | 3 925 | 2,274 | 1,651 | 33.5 | 801 | 2,932 | 677 | 2,732 | 1 •39 |
| Whitechapel:— | |||||||||||
| East (18 ; l) | 59 | 9,939 | 8,959 | 4 ,797 | 4,162 | 151.8 | 1,530 | 5,918 | 1,246 | 4,258 | 1.39 |
| Middle (18 : 1) | 41 | 7,142 | 5,613 | 2,691 | 2,922 | 136.9 | 1,387 | 5,466 | 1,175 | 4,027 | 1.26 |
| South (18 : 1 & 4) | 73 | 7,458 | 6,641 | 3,301 | 3,340 | 91.0 | 1,698 | 6,243 | 1,169 | 4,827 | 1.29 |
| Mile End New Town (18 : 1) | 43 | 9,037 | 8,351 | 3,844 | 4,507 | 194.2 | 1,943 | 7,572 | 1,440 | 5,658 | 1.34 |