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Bethnal Green 1859

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green, Parish of St. Matthew ]

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Table: The following Table gives a two-fold view of the Population of Bethnal Green, from the Census of 1851, to the middle of 1859:—

The following Table gives a two-fold view of the Population of Bethnal Green, from the Census of 1851, to the middle of 1859:—

Sub-DistrictsPopulation
By Excess of Births over DeathsBy Census Returns
Hackney Road364327611
Green188631184
Church351626314
Town335721728
90193*
Totals102595106837

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The 2nd column enumerates the increase from the surplus
of births; the 3rd superadds the immigration to the other
amount. 'In the 10 years 1841-50,' as quoted in my Report
on 1856, 'out of a total increase of 15,991, the excess of
births over deaths was 10,697, the immigration—addition
5294 or 529.4 per year.' So, on the present occasion, the
difference between the two columns (4242) exactly accords
with the foregoing rate of increase. For the reasons that
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large spaces are yet uncovered, and that years "ill elapse
before they are immured, I have framed my calculations on
the second of the estimates presented above. Should the
first be the more correct of the two, the deaths to the living
would be nearly 9 per 10,000 more than in Table 1. The
Population thus deduced ranges at each age as below:—
* The Population in 1851.