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Bethnal Green 1895

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green during the year 1895

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SUMMARY.

1894.1895.
Estimated population of Bethnal Green123,000128,000
Young Children under 5 years18,21018,960
Made up as followsOld People, over 60 years7,1957,490
Area—755 Acres Number of Inhabited Houses 17,109 (Census 1891)
Total number of Deaths in the year. 2,6422,769
Average number of Persons to each Acre163169
„ „ London5859
Total number of Births in the year4,6364,771
Total number of marriages1,3901,310
Marriage Rate—Bethnal Green22.620.4
Marriage Rate—London17.017.1
Death Rate-Bethnal Green21.421.6
Death Rate-London17.419.4
Birth Rate—Bethnal Green37.737.3
Birth Rate—London30.130.5
Infantile Death Rate (on Births)—Bethnal Green1520162.0
Infantile Death Rate (on Births)—London143 0165.0
Young Children's Death Rate (on estimated number of
Young children)68.368.7
Old People's Death Rate (on estimated number of Old People) 55.060.6
Zymotic Death Rate—Bethnal Green3.634
Zymotic Death Rate-London2.62.6
Inquest Cases286297
Uncertified Deaths (no Inquests held)20