Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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TABLE II.
Shewing the Annual Birth Rate, Rate of Mortality, Death Rate among Children, and Deaths in Public Institutions
for the year 1889, and ten years preceding.
YEAR. | Birth Rate per 1000 of the Population. | Annual Rate of Mortality per 1000 living. | Deaths of Children under 1 year: percentage of Total Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths of Children under 1 year to Registered Births. | Deaths of Children under 5 years : percentage of Total Deaths. | Total Number of Deaths in Public Institutions. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1889 | 37.70 | 20.67 | 26.61 | 14.10 | 48.40 | 561 |
1879 | 42.07 | 24.02 | 25.94 | 14.94 | 47.59 | 526 |
1880 | 41.12 | 22.80 | 29.48 | 16.34 | 50.85 | 472 |
1881 | 41.24 | 24.05 | 26.29 | 15.33 | 49.25 | 515 |
1882 | 41.16 | 24.23 | 27.99 | 16.85 | 51.68 | 486 |
1883 | 41.37 | 23.93 | 27.77 | 16.24 | 61.30 | 516 |
1884 | 41.62 | 22.87 | 28.60 | 15.70 | 50.60 | 512 |
1885 | 39.96 | 22.08 | 26.31 | 14.54 | 42.56 | 534 |
1886 | 40.00 | 23.45 | 29.21 | 17.10 | 49.77 | 532 |
1887 | 38.41 | 22.45 | 27.90 | 16.31 | 48.40 | 598 |
1888 | 37.82 | 22.65 | 26.03 | 15.60 | 48.78 | 556 |
Average of 10 years, 1879 to 1888 | 40.47 | 23.25 | 27.55 | 15.89 | 49.06 | 524 |