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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 1893
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Parish of Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green during the year 1893
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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 5 | New 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. | Continued | Puerperal. | Enteric or Typhoid. | |||||||||||||
| North, Sub-District | 51,520 | 47,585 | 1,905 | Under 5 | 5 | 236 | 92 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 11 | 4 | 56 | 27 | 1 |
| 5 upwards | 25 | 343 | 160 | 36 | ... | 3 | 3 | 149 | 20 | 104 | 36 | 13 | ||||
| South, Sub-District | 33,491 | 32,975 | 1,339 | Under 5 | 2 | 147 | 101 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 15 | 2 | 56 | 41 | 1 |
| 5 upwards | 12 | 239 | 117 | 41 | ... | 7 | ... | 87 | 6 | 91 | 32 | 18 | ||||
| East, Sub-District | 44,123 | 42,440 | 1,512 | Under 5 | 5 | 144 | 75 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 2 | 40 | 11 | ... |
| 5 upwards | 27 | 317 | 178 | 43 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 95 | 21 | 108 | 22 | 17 | ||||
| Workhouse | ... | ... | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwards | 3 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 41 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | ||||
| Mildmay Hospital | ... | ... | ... | Under 5 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... |
| 5 upwards | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ||||
| Victoria Park Hospital | ... | ... | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwards | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Children's Home | ... | ... | ... | Under 5 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwards | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Bethnal House Asylum | ... | ... | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwards | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ||||
| Totals | 129,134 | 123,000 | 4,756 | Under 5 | 12 | 530 | 269 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 36 | 8 | 154 | 79 | 2 |
| 5 upwards | 67 | 905 | 456 | 122 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 372 | 50 | 306 | 90 | 50 | ||||
Isolation Hospitals: Homerton, St. Anne's, Tottenham, and Hospital Ships.