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On comparing this with the enumerated population
of 1911, which was 128,183, there is seen to be a decrease
in population of 10,945, or 8.5 per cent. Furthermore,
during the ten years between the Censuses,
there was an excess of births over deaths in the
Borough of 14,871. Adding to this figure the figure
10,945, being the decrease in population, we have a
total loss to the Borough by migration of 25,816, during
the ten years. This number includes the number
of those dead or missing owing to the war. This was
3.1 per cent, of the total male population in England
and Wales, which gives a number 1,760 for Bethnal
Green. The best local estimate of the number of war
casualties is about 1,130, but this is probably much
too low.
It will be seen that during the ten intercensal
years there has been a net overflow from Bethnal
Green into other parts to the extent of approximately
24,000 individuals, and this apart from war casualties.
These have served to increase the population
of other parts of Great Britain and the Empire,
and other countries to a minor extent. From these
facts the moral may be drawn that the welfare and
health of a poor Borough such as Bethnal Green
is of real interest to other more favoured parts, and
that Bethnal Green contributes her share in populating
the vacant places of the Empire.
The population, as estimated by the Registrar-
General in the middle of 1922, was 118,400.