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mothers in Lying-in Institutions situated in various
parts of London; 25 of these births took place in the
City of London Lying-in Hospital and 55 in the East
End Mothers' Lying-in Home, Shadwell.
Registered births 4,040
Children born of Bethnal Green
mothers away from home 168
Total 4,208
The addition of these 168 Institution-births to those
registered in the Borough gives a total of 4/208, a
number which is 76 in excess of the births of the
previous year. This figure is, however, 220 below the
decennial average of the births for the ten years 1900
—1909. The births exceeded the deaths by 2,205.
DEATHS.
The total number of deaths registered in the Borough
was 2,034. This total includes 396 non-residents who
died in one or other of the Bethnal Green Public
institutions, 10 other persons, also non-residents,
who died sudden or violent deaths, or were found dead
within the boundaries of the Borough. They were:—
1. A carman, aged 39 years, of Retford Street,
Shoreditch, died in a cart in Vallance Road, from
syncope, due to heart disease.
2. A general dealer, aged 57, of Castle Street, Stoke
Newington, died in Brady Street, of apoplexy. He had
cerebral hcemorrhage and chronic kidney disease.