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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bethnal Green 1909
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1909 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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TABLE I. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1909 and Previous Years. Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green.
| Year | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the district. | Deaths of Non-residents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.1 | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1899 | 129,200 | 4,753 | 36.8 | 827 | 174 | 2,669 | 20.7 | 727 | 164 | 431 | 2,936 | 22.7 |
| 1900 | 129,600 | 4,588 | 35.4 | 771 | 168 | 2,535 | 19.5 | 873 | 150 | 431 | 2,816 | 22.7 |
| 1901 | 129,700 | 4,608 | 35.5 | 678 | 147 | 2,423 | 18.7 | 834 | 220 | 425 | 2,628 | 20.3 |
| 1902 | 129,889 | 4,589 | 35.3 | 710 | 155 | 2,522 | 18.5 | 864 | 245 | 470 | 2,744 | 21.1 |
| 1903 | 130,028 | 4,627 | 35.6 | 630 | 136 | 2,253 | 17.3 | 915 | 272 | 380 | 2,361 | 18.1 |
| 1904 | 130,207 | 4,526 | 34.7 | 711 | 157 | 2,393 | 18.4 | 918 | 300 | 399 | 2,489 | 19.1 |
| 1905 | 130,401 | 4,321 | 33.2 | 652 | 151 | 2,351 | 18.0 | 975 | 295 | 356 | 2,412 | 18.5 |
| 1906 | 130,609 | 4,430 | 33.9 | 696 | 157 | 2,398 | 18.4 | 934 | 326 | 391 | 2,463 | 18.9 |
| 1907 | 130,831 | 4,152 | 31.8 | 574 | 138 | 2,200 | 16.8 | 985 | 298 | 379 | 2,281 | 17.4 |
| 1908 | 131,006 | 4,341 | 32.6 | 572 | 132 | 2,251 | 16.9 | 961 | 392 | 407 | 2,266 | 17.0 |
| Averages for Years 1899 1908 | 130147, | 4,493 | 34.5 | 682 | 151 | 2,399 | 18.3 | 898 | 266 | 407 | 2,539 | 19.6 |
| 1909 | 131,316 | 4,100 | 31.22 | 534 | 130 | 2,243 | 17.0 | 1,182 | 435 | 385 | 2,193 | 16.7 |
*Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note—The deaths included in Column 7 of this Table are the whole of those registered during the year as having actually occurred within the
district or division. The deaths included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column 10 and
the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and dying in public institutions there
and by the term "Residents" is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and have died in public
institutions elsewhere.
The "Public institutions" to be taken into account for the purpose of this Table are those into which persons are habitually received on account
of sickness or infirmity, such as hospitals, workhouses and lunatic asylums. Casual and street deaths are not taken into account either for or against
in this Table.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water,) 755
Total population at all ages 128,929
Number of inhabited houses 14,005
Average number of persons per house 9.2
At Census of 1901