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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bethnal Green 1883
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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The Public Institutions of the parish contained the following number of inhabitants:—
| Registration Sub-District. | Civil Parish. | Name of Institution. | Total number of Inmates, including Officers, &c. | Number of Special Inmates such as Paupers, Patients, Lunatics, &c. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons. | Males. | Females. | Persons. | Males. | Females. | |||
| Hackney Road | Bethnal Green | Mildmay Medical Mission Hospital | 39 | 16 | 23 | 27 | 15 | 12 |
| Green | Bethnal Green | Bethnal Green Workhouse | 1220 | 640 | 580 | 1183 | 630 | 553 |
| ,, | ,, ,, | City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Chest | 133 | 51 | 82 | 105 | 47 | 58 |
| ,, | ,, ,, | Bethnall House Lunatic Asylum | 411 | 154 | 257 | 352 | 129 | 223 |
TABLE A.
No. of Houses, Workshops, &c., in the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green.
DIVISIONS.
COLLECTORS.
Inhabited Houses.
Workshops separate
from Houses.
Saw Mills and
Timber Yards.
Schools.
REMARKS.
East Ward
W. I. Shenton.
5143
32
13
13
West Ward
(North Division)
H. Liebrecht
2630
49
10
4
West Ward
(South Division)
W. N. Eagles
1560
14
8
5
North Ward
E. S. Smith
3020
18
21
4
Southward
H. J. Bliss
5480
170
3
6
Total 1883
17833
283
55
32
Total 1882
17739
318
56
39
As will be seen by an examination of Table A, the particulars of
which are kindly supplied by the rate collectors, we have this year
17,833 houses assessed.