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of the old Hare Street Fields, and of the brickfield to the
left of the Road:—the present site of Wolverly, Camden
Streets, &c. When filled up with rubbish, houses were planted
on that undrained ground. No wonder if some are damp
to this day, and dispose, even now, to Zymotic disease ! At
the eastern end of the Road, water is reached, in the winter,
at 18 inches of depth; proving alike, the dense saturation,
and the unhealthy condition below. This was the case where
the talented and lamented Mr. Taylor resided, and this probably,
with the harass of Cholera in 1849, predisposed to
his untimely death.
Bethnal Green forms a part of the eastern metropolitan
boundary, and has a superficial area of 760 statute acres;
whilst "the London" of the Registrar-General numbers
78,029. Its Registration divisions are Four: Hackney Road,
Green, Church, and Town. Of these, the areas and elevations
are given below:—
Acquired Features,

The next Table shows the New Parishes that have been
formed, out of, and in addition to, Saint Matthew, Bethnal
Green:—