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Bethnal Green 1886

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]

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Bethnal Green Sanitary District
TABLE I.
Shewing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Births, Deaths, and Marriages,
for the year 1886, and ten years preceding.

Table: GROSS NUMBERS.

GROSS NUMBERS.

The Year.Estimated Population.No. of Inhabited Houses.Marriages.Registered Births.Corrected Number of Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions.
Total all Ages.Under One Year.Under Kive Years.
1886129,89518,4932437519430408881533532
1876123,75017,6052443526827138151448430
1877124,43017,3252438516928867991428440
1878125,11017,3112438519529517871426465
1879125,79017,4752443524630227841438526
1880126,47017,7212463520128838501466472
1881127,00617,7392603523730548031504515
1882127,68517,7392602525630948861596486
1883128,37017,7392602531030728531576516
1884129,05517,7392581547530098621523512
1885129,05517,7392532515828507501213534
Average of ten years, 1876 to 1885.126,67417,6032514525129538181461489

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NOTES.
1. Population at census, 1881—126,961.
2. Area in Acres, 755.
3. Average number of persons in each house at census, 7.2.
The deaths of non-parishioners in public institutions within the parish are
deducted, and the deaths of inhabitants of Bethnal Green occurring in General
Hospitals outside the parish are added to the total number of deaths in this column.