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Bethnal Green 1911

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1911 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector

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SUMMARY.

1911.
Estimated Population of Bethnal Green—128,247
Young Children, under 5 years17,690
Old People, over 65 years4,782
Area—759 acres. Number of Inhabited Houses14,826
Rateable Value£535,170
Average number of Persons to each House (1911)8.6
Average number of Persons to each Acre (1911)168.9
Total number of Deaths in the year2,316
Total number of Births in the year4,032
Total number of Marriages1,005
Marriage Rate—Bethnal Green15.7
Marriage Rate—London17.8
Death Rate—Bethnal Green18.1
Death Rate—London15.0
Birth Rate—Bethnal Green31.4
Birth Rate—London25.0
Infantile Death Rate (on Births), Bethnal Green122.6
Infantile Death Rate (on Births), London128.0
Young Children's Death Rate (on estimated number of Young Children)57.8
Old People's Death Rate (on estimated number of Old People)92.0
Zymotic Death Rate (Bethnal Green)3.4
Zymotic Death Rate—London2.2
Inquest Cases277
Uncertified Deaths (no Inquests held)0