Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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The age and sex composition and marital condition of the population will be seen in the following table :
Age last Birthday | Persons | Males | Females | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Single | Married | Widowed | Divorced | Total | Single | Married | Widowed | Divorced | ||
0— 4 | 8,951 | 4,524 | 4,524 | _ | - | _ | 4,427 | 4,427 | _ | - | - |
5— 9 | 10,198 | 5,124 | 5,124 | — | — | _ | 5,074 | 5,074 | _ | _ | - |
10—14 | 9,671 | 4,861 | 4,861 | — | — | _ | 4,810 | 4,810 | _ | _ | _ |
15—19 | 11,557 | 5,625 | 5,605 | 20 | _ | _ | 5,932 | 5,852 | 80 | _ | _ |
20—24 | 11,375 | 5,583 | 4.792 | 785 | 6 | — | 5,792 | 4,475 | 1,309 | 7 | 1 |
25—29 | 9,108 | 4,459 | 2,140 | 2,293 | 21 | 5 | 4,649 | 2,007 | 2,607 | 27 | 8 |
30—34 | 7,649 | 3,599 | 804 | 2,758 | 29 | 8 | 4,050 | 980 | 2,967 | 90 | 13 |
35-39 | 6,355 | 2,893 | 351 | 2,478 | 58 | 6 | 3,462 | 578 | 2,730 | 147 | 7 |
40—44 | 6,373 | 2,925 | 314 | 2,537 | 67 | 7 | 3,448 | 458 | 2,675 | 306 | 9 |
45—49 | 6,243 | 2,909 | 295 | 2,494 | 116 | 4 | 3,334 | 335 | 2,472 | 520 | 7 |
50—54 | 5,782 | 2,809 | 299 | 2,320 | 187 | 3 | 2,973 | 259 | 2,174 | 536 | 4 |
55—59 | 4,790 | 2,371 | 204 | 1,925 | 239 | 3 | 2,419 | 202 | 1,562 | 652 | 3 |
60—64 | 3,788 | 1,792 | 181 | 1,309 | 301 | 1 | 1,996 | 151 | 1,113 | 723 | 9 |
65—69 | 2,721 | 1,264 | 118 | 807 | 335 | 4 | 1,457 | 116 | 574 | 766 | 1 |
70—74 | 1,921 | 879 | 86 | 481 | 310 | 2 | 1,042 | 84 | 314 | 643 | 1 |
75—79 | 1,106 | 439 | 29 | 198 | 212 | - | 667 | 48 | 128 | 489 | 3 |
80—84 | 438 | 163 | 15 | 63 | 84 | 1 | 275 | 20 | 30 | 224 | 1 |
85—89 | 138 | 47 | 3 | 14 | 30 | _ | 91 | 6 | 6 | 79 | |
90—94 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | _ | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | -_ |
95 and over | 2 | - | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — |