Tower Hamlets London Borough (LB) : Births by legitimacy

Births by legitimacy

Data cube chart.

Year Legitimate Illegitimate
31 Dec 1965 3,407 Show data context 464 Show data context
31 Dec 1966 3,275 Show data context 422 Show data context
31 Dec 1967 2,821 Show data context 439 Show data context
31 Dec 1968 2,516 Show data context 359 Show data context
31 Dec 1969 2,308 Show data context 304 Show data context
31 Dec 1970 2,138 Show data context 333 Show data context
31 Dec 1971 1,928 Show data context 306 Show data context
31 Dec 1972 1,691 Show data context 288 Show data context
31 Dec 1973 1,635 Show data context 278 Show data context
Date Source
1965 - 1973 Registrar General, Statistical Review (HM Stationery Office) ,

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nCube definition


The 1831 census provides information, down to parish-level, on the occupations of males aged over 20 using nine categories. Here we reorganise this information to provide a crude measure of social status, based more on contemporary ideas than on modern definitions of social class: "middling sorts" combines small farmers not employing labourers with both masters and skilled workers in urban manufacturing and handicrafts.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Tower Hamlets London Borough (LB) through time | Historical Statistics on Life & Death | Births by legitimacy, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10108275/cube/BIRTH_LEGIT

Date accessed: 04th June 2026