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Bethnal Green 1893

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Parish of Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green during the year 1893

Published
1894
Author
Bate, George Paddock.
Pages
70
Tables
51

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51 tables in this report

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    TABLE A. Population and Births in Sub-Districts for the years, 1891, 1892 and 1893.
    1891.1892.1893.
    SUB-DISTRICTS.Population enumerated.Registered Births.Population (estimated).Registered Births.Population (estimated).Registered Births.
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    TABLE B.
    1893.1892.
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    The deaths in each Sub-district corrected in a similar manner were as under :—
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    The mortality in the Sub-districts into which the parish is divided was as under :—
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    In the following table the mortality rates from London an Bethnal Green are compared by quarters : —
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    Analysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics of the Sanitary Districts of the Metropolis, after Complete Distribution of Deaths occurring in Public Institutions, during the Year 1893.
    Sanitary Areas.Estimated Population middle of 1893.Births.Deaths.Annual Rate per 1,000 Living.Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-Cough.Typhus.Enteric Fever.Simple and Undefined Fever.Diarrhoea.Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1,000 births.
    Births.Deaths.Principal Zymotic Diseases.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Sanitary Areas.Estimated Population middle of 1883.Births.DeathsAnnual Rate per 1,000 Living.Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-Cough.Typhus.Enteric Fever.Simple and Undefined Fever.Diarrhœa.Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1,000 births.
    Births.Deaths.Principal Zymotic Diseases.
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    In the registration Sub-districts of Bethnal Green the birth rates were as under :—
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    MARRIAGES. In this parish there are fourteen Churches, fifteen Chapels and one Registry Office licensed for marriages : of these there were in the
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    The diseases most fatal to infants were :—
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    COMPARATIVE STATISTICS OF INFANTILE MORTALITY FOR 1893.
    Deaths under one year to 1,000 Births.Population.Birth Rate.Death Rate.
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    SPECIAL CAUSES OF DEATH. Summary of Table III.
    No. of Deaths.Per Centage on Total Deaths.Mortality Rate on Population.
    Order.Classes
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    TABLE D.
    1893.1892.
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    TABLE F.
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    Certificates of Cases of Infections Disease, 1893.
    CERTIFICATES OF INFECTIOUS CASES RECEIVED BY THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL.
    Small Pox.Fevers.
    Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaErysipelasEnteric FeverPuerperal FeverAdmittedDischargedDiedRemainingAdmittedDischargedDiedRemaining
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    REPORT OF CASES ADMITTED INTO SMALL POX HOSPITALS DURING THE YEAR 1893.
    Hospitals.No. of Cases remaining at end of 1892.No. of Cases admitted.Discharged.Died.No. of Cases remaining at end of 1893.
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    REPORT OF FEVER CASES ADMITTED INTO FEVER HOSPITALS DURING THE YEAR 1893.
    Hospitals.No. of Cases remaining at end of 1892.No. of Cases Admitted.Discharged.Died.No. of Cases remaining at end of 1893.
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    SMALL POX.
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    ENTERIC FEVER.
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    SCARLET FEVER.
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    DIPHTHERIA.
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    PUERPERAL FEVER.
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    CHOLERA. Four cases were reported as Cholera :—
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    ERYSIPELAS.
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    TABLE H.
    Quarter ending.Children under 5 years.Persons from 5 to 65.Persons above 65.Total.Mean Temperature. Fahrenheit.Rainfall in inches.
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    MILDMAY MISSION HOSPITAL. Cases treated from January 1st to December 31st, 1893.
    Cured.Relieved.UnrelievedDead.Under Treatment.Total.
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    CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST. Medical Report for the year 1893.
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    BETHNALL HOUSE LUNATIC ASYLUM.
    MALE.FEMALE.
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    BETHNAL GREEN INFIRMARY.
    Quarter ending.Admissions.Discharges.Deaths.Births.
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    Proceedings under the Housing of the Working Classes Act during the Year 1893.
    DistrictTotals.
    No. 1No. 2No. 3
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    Public Health (London) Act, 1891.—Returns for 1893.
    DistrictTotals.
    No. 1No. 2No. 3
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    TABLE I. Shewing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the year 1893, and ten years preceding. GROSS NUMBERS.
    The YearEstimated PopulationNo. of Inhabited Houses.MarriagesRegistered Births.Corrected number of Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions.
    Total all Ages.Under One Year.Under Five Years.
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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 1893, and 10 years preceding.
    YEAR.Birth Rate per 1000 of the Population.Annual Rate of Mortality per 1000 livingDeaths of Children under 1 year; per centage of Total Deaths.Per centage of Deaths of Children under 1 year to Registered BirthsDeaths of Children under 5 years; per centage of Total Deaths.Total Number of Deaths in Public Institutions.
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    TABLE III. Shewing Deaths Registered from all causes during the Year, 1893.
    CAUSE OF DEATH.AGES.DEATHS IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT.
    SOUTHEAST.NORTH.TOTAL DEATHS
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 6565 and upwds.Total.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwds.
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    TABLE III. (Continued).
    CAUSE OF DEATH.AGES.DEATHS IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT.
    SOUTH.EAST.NORTH.TOTAL DEATHS.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 6565 and upwds.Total.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwds.
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    TABLE III. (Continued).
    CAUSE OF DEATH.AGES.DEATHS IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT.
    SOUTH.EAST.NORTH,TOTAL DEATHS.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 6565 and upwds.Total.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwds.
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    TABLE III. (Continued).
    CAUSE OF DEATH.AGES.DEATHS IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT.
    SOUTH.EAST.NORTHTOTAL DEATHS
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 6565 and upwds.Total.Under 55 and Upwds.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwds.
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    TABLE III. (Continued)
    CAUSE OF DEATH.AGES.DEATHS IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT.
    SOUTH.EAST.NORTH.TOTAL DEATHS.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 6565 and upwds.Total.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwds.
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    TABLE III (Continued).
    CAUSE OF DEATH.AGES.DEATHS IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT.
    SOUTH.EAST.NORTH.TOTAL DEATHS.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 6565 and Upwds.Total.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwdsUnder 55 and upwdsUnder 55 and upwds.
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    TABLE III. (Continued).
    CAUSE OF DEATH.AGESDEATHS IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT.
    SOUTH.EAST.TOTAL DEATHS.NORTH.
    0 to 15 to 151 to 525 to 6515 to 2565 and upwds.Under 5Total.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwds.5 and upwds.
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    TABLE III (continued).
    CAUSE OF DEATH.AGES.DEATHS IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT.
    SOUTH.EAST.NORTH.TOTAL DEATHS.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 6565 and Upwds.Total.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwdsUnder 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwds.
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    TABLE IV. Shewing the Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportions to Population, and to 1000 deaths, 18.
    DIVISION I. (Adults).Total DeathsDeaths per 1000 of Population (all ages).Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths (all ages).
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    TABLE V. Shewing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, inclusive of Hospital Deaths, in the ten years 1883 to 1892 and in the year 1893.
    DISEASE.1883188418851886188718881889189018911892Annual Average of ten years, 1883—1892.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in ten years, 1883-1892.1893Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1893.
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    TABLE VI. Inspectors Report of the Sanitary Work, &c., completed in the year ending December 31st, 1893.
    Districts.Total.
    1 North2 South3 East
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    K2 11 (B). Table of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Sickness, reported to the Medical Officer of Health, during the year, 1893, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Bethnal Green; classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities as required by the Local Government Board.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics. Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Ages under 5 or over 5New Cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such cases removed from their homes in the several Localities for treatment in Isolation Hospitals.
    Census 1891.Estimated to Middle of 1893.Small Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria & Membranous Croup.FEVERS.Cholera.Erysipelas.Small Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.FEVERS.
    Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedPuerperal.Enteric or Typhoid.
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    STREET LIST.
    Name of Street.Zymotic Diseases.Tubercular Diseases.Respinatory Diseases.General Diseases.Total.
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    STREET LIST (continued).
    Name of Street.Zymotic Diseases.Tubercular Diseases.Respiratory Diseases.General Diseases.Total.
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    STREET LIST (continued).
    Name of Street.Zymotic Diseases.Tubercular Diseases.Respiratory Diseases.General Diseases.Total.
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    STREET LIST (continued).
    Name of Street.Zymotic Diseases.Tubercular Diseases.Respiratory Diseases.General Diseases.Total.
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    STREET LIST (continued).
    Name of Street.Zymotic Diseases.Tubercular Diseases.Respiratory Diseases.General Diseases.Total.
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    STREET LIST (continued).
    Name of Street.Zymotic Diseases.Tubercular Diseases.Respiratory Diseases.General Diseases.Total.