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Bethnal Green 1883
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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The number of rated householders was, in 1881, 14,813, and the rateable annual value of the property in the parish,
£363,592. The age distribution was as under:—
All Ages.
Under
5
Years.
5-
10-
15-
20-
25-
30-
35-
40-
45-
50-
55-
60-
65-
70-
75-
80-
85-
90-
95-
100
and
upwds.
Persons.
Males and
Females.
125,961
M.
62,546
9731
8179
6778
6107
5658
5025
4413
3759
3312
2421
2194
1608
1389
864
610
337
129
28
4
—
7411
F.
64,415
9649
8072
6953
5996
5755
5279
4526
3753
3430
2710
2408
1834
1659
1006
741
399
178
49
15
3
The proportions of married, single, and widowed are shewn below :—
Registration
District.
All
Ages.
Under
15
Years.
15-
20-
25-
35-
45-
55-
65
and
upwards.
BETHNAL GREEN:
Unmarried
M.
37,792
24,688
6060
3850
208l
613
275
143
82
F.
36,321
24,674
5731
2976
1651
570
353
226
140
Married
M.
22,811
• •
46
1793
7226
6199
3996
2384
1167
F.
23,059
• •
265
2741
7828
5885
3635
1962
743
Widowed.
M.
1943
• •
1
15
131
259
344
470
723
F.
5035
• •
• •
38
326
728
1130
1305
1508