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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 1894
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green during the year 1894
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SUMMARY.
1893. 1894.
Estimated population of Bethnal Green 123,000 123,000
Made up as follows:
Young Children under 5 years 18,210 18,210
Adults between 5 and 60 97,595 97,595
Old People, over 60 years 7,195 7,195
Area—755 Acres Number of Inhabited Houses 17,109
(Census 91)
Average number of Persons to each Acre 162.9 162.9
„ „ „ „ London 57.7 58.2
Total number of Deaths in the year 3,257 2,642
Total number of Births in the year 4,756 4,636
Total number of Marriages 1,403 1,390
Marriage Rate—Bethnal Green 22.8 22.6
Marriage Rate—London 17.2 17.0
Death Rate—Bethnal Green 26.4 21.4
Death Rate—London 21.3 17.4
Birth Rate—Bethnal Green 38.6 37.7
Birth Rate—London 31.0 30.1
Infantile Death Rate (on Births) —Bethnal Green 177.0 152.0
Infantile Death Rate (on Births) —London 164.0 14.3
Young Children's Death Rate (on estimated number of
Young Children) 80.5 68.3
Old People's Death Rate (on estimated number of Old People) 69.6 55.0
Zymotic Death Rate —Bethnal Green 4.14 3.6
Zymotic Death Rate—London 3.0 2.6
Inquest Cases 282 286
Uncertified Deaths (no Inquests held) 5 2