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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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To arrive at the number of the inhabitants of a
Borough situated as is Bethnal Green, requires the
consideration of such a variety of factors that exact
accuracy in estimating is impossible. A fresh census
is to be taken on Sunday, the 2nd of April, 1911, and
when the results of this enumeration are published we
shall have, for one year at least, a solid basis upon
which to calculate our statistics.
In the interests of truth it is much to be regretted that census enumerations are so infrequent. TABLE A.
| 1908. | 1909. | |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated population in the middle of the year | 131,006 | 131,316 |
| Total Births | 4,341 | 4,132 |
| Total Deaths | 2,275 | 2,197 |
| Excess of Births over Deaths, shewing the natural increase of the population | 2,066 | 1,935 |
BIRTHS.
The total number of births registered during the
year was 3,999; but in addition to these I have received
information of 133 infants born of Bethnal Green
mothers who were temporarily inmates of lying-in
institutions in other Metropolitan Boroughs. The
single institution of this nature in Bethnal Green is
the Workhouse, and as only persons chargeable to the