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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 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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On the accompanying Tables are shewn the Deaths of the inhabitants
of every street and court in the Parish, divided into three classes:
(a) Zymotic; (b) Tubercular and other diseases of a low type;
(c) General Diseases.
The Deaths in the Workhouse, Victoria Park Hospital, Bethnal
House Asylum, the Asylums Board Hospitals, and other extraparochial
Metropolitan Hospitals have been distributed according to
the previous residence of the deceased persons, with the exception of a
number of deaths in the Workhouse where the previous residence was
either not stated or could not be identified (e.g. casuals and persons
removed from common lodging houses).
SUB-DISTRICT BIRTH AND MORTALITY RATES FOR 1886.
| District. | Zymotic Death Rate. | Tubercular Death Rate. | General Death Rate. | Gross Death Rate. | Birth Rate. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church | 3.97 | 4.14 | 15.94 | 24.06 | 41.37 |
| Town | 4.97 | 5.49 | 16 .20 | 26.67 | 41.74 |
| Green | 2.91 | 3.74 | 15.78 | 22.44 | 38.59 |
| Hackney Road | 4.54 | 3.29 | 14.32 | 22.11 | 39.77 |
| Average Totals | 3.84 | 3.90 | 15.67 | 23.40 | 40.00 |