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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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BIRTHS AND BIRTH RATE.
The births registered during the year were 4636 This is equal
to a rate of 37.7 and is about one per thousand lower than the
birth rates of the two preceding years. It is, as usual, nearly eight
per thousand in excess of the general Metropolitan rate which was
30.1.

Table: In the registration Sub-districts of Bethnal Green the birth rates were as under:—

In the registration Sub-districts of Bethnal Green the birth rates were as under:—

North39.1
South37.6
East36.1

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The East Sub-district contains the largest proportion of children
and unmarried women, and it shows the lowest birth rate.
MARRIAGES.

Table: In this parish there are fourteen Churches, fifteen Chapels, and one Registry Office licensed for Marriages: of these there were in the

In this parish there are fourteen Churches, fifteen Chapels, and one Registry Office licensed for Marriages: of these there were in the

First Quarter279
Second Quarter309
Third Quarter359
Fourth Quarter443
Total1390

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This total indicates a marriage rate of 11-3 to every thousand
persons; or, as in each marriage there are two contracting parties,
22.6 per thousand of our population entered the bonds of matrimony.
DEATHS OF INFANTS.
Twenty-six per cent, of the deaths from all causes were those of
infants aged less than twelve months; for out of 4636 children born