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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 1896
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green during the year 1896
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| Sanitary Areas. | Estimated Population middle of 1896. | 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. | Diarrhœa. | Phthisis. | Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1,000 births. | ||
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| Births. | Deaths. | PrincipalZymotic. Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||
| Clerkenwell | 66,195 | 2,223 | 1,393 | 33.7 | 20.7 | 3.78 | 255 | ... | 53 | 15 | 42 | 42 | ... | 15 | ... | 88 | 145 | 184 |
| St. Luke | 41,478 | 1,968 | 1,059 | 46.7 | 25.1 | 3.82 | 161 | ... | 35 | 21 | 26 | 23 | ... | 4 | ... | 52 | 123 | 154 |
| London City | 31,409 | 546 | 626 | 17.1 | 19.6 | 1.44 | 46 | ... | 6 | 7 | 11 | 7 | ... | 10 | ... | 5 | 51 | 137 |
| Shoreditch | 122,265 | 4,387 | 2,656 | 35.9 | 21.4 | 4.31 | 536 | 1 | 143 | 39 | 74 | 126 | ... | 17 | ... | 136 | 232 | 180 |
| Bethnal Green | 129,151 | 4,869 | 2,902 | 37.8 | 22.1 | 4.25 | 557 | ... | 153 | 35 | 75 | 160 | ... | 20 | 1 | 113 | 236 | 170 |
| Whitechapel | 78,886 | 3,241 | 1,655 | 41.6 | 20.6 | 2.62 | 210 | ... | 51 | 20 | 48 | 36 | ... | 9 | 1 | 45 | 193 | 141 |
| St. George-in-East | 47,589 | 2,098 | 1,187 | 44.5 | 24.5 | 3.26 | 158 | ... | 28 | 18 | 30 | 17 | ... | 5 | ... | 60 | 124 | 154 |
| Limehouse | 58,347 | 2,042 | 1,357 | 35.2 | 22.9 | 3.99 | 236 | ... | 62 | 15 | 49 | 61 | ... | 3 | ... | 46 | 176 | |
| Mile End Old Town | 111,226 | 4,300 | 2,252 | 39.0 | 19.9 | 3.61 | 409 | ... | 84 | 34 | 97 | 83 | ... | 16 | ... | 95 | 157 | |
| Poplar | 169,379 | 6,011 | 3,550 | 35.7 | 20.6 | 3.70 | 637 | ... | 147 | 33 | 105 | 158 | ... | 26 | ... | 168 | 302 | 176 |
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| St. Saviour Southw'k | 25,276 | 790 | 587 | 30.9 | 22.8 | 3.23 | 83 | ... | 17 | 5 | 18 | 19 | ... | 1 | ... | 23 | 80 | 213 |
| St. George Southw'k | 60,301 | 2,213 | 1,472 | 36.9 | 24.0 | 4.24 | 260 | ... | 77 | 17 | 40 | 55 | ... | 7 | ... | 64 | 165 | 181 |
| Newington | 121,191 | 4,276 | 2,527 | 35.7 | 20.5 | 3.35 | 410 | 1 | 98 | 29 | 71 | 66 | ... | 18 | ... | 127 | 245 | 184 |
| St. Olave Southw'k. | 11,673 | 419 | 261 | 35.4 | 22.0 | 4.81 | 57 | ... | 11 | 5 | 9 | 13 | ... | 2 | ... | 17 | 26 | |
| Bermondsey | 85,508 | 3,203 | 1,873 | 37.6 | 21.6 | 3.78 | 328 | ... | 75 | 20 | 73 | 97 | ... | 11 | ... | 52 | 176 | |
| Rotherhithe | 40,432 | 1,346 | 834 | 33.6 | 20.3 | 3.82 | 157 | ... | 43 | 10 | 26 | 36 | ... | 11 | ... | 31 | 90 | 159 |
| Lambeth | 296,036 | 9,579 | 5,084 | 32.9 | 16.9 | 2.42 | 729 | 2 | 182 | 65 | 139 | 140 | 24 | 1 | 175 | 489 | 136 | |
| Battersea | 165,864 | 5,358 | 2,985 | 33.0 | 17.7 | 3.64 | 614 | ... | 179 | 32 | 82 | 138 | ... | 16 | 166 | 242 | 177 | |
| Wandsworth | 188 908 | 4,825 | 2,749 | 26.5 | 14.3 | 2.71 | 520 | ... | 151 | 29 | 40 | 158 | ... | 21 | 121 | 187 | 150 | |
| Camberwell | 253,975 | 7,662 | 4,602 | 30.7 | 17.8 | 3.59 | 928 | ... | 206 | 52 | 260 | 196 | 37 | ... | 176 | 398 | 156 | |
| Greenwich | 176,293 | 5,723 | 3,323 | 33.0 | 18.5 | 3.72 | 666 | 2 | 193 | 51 | 140 | 127 | ... | 32 | 1 | 120 | 281 | 157 |
| Lee | 38,714 | 861 | 526 | 22.6 | 13.4 | 1.88 | 74 | ... | 14 | 8 | 17 | 18 | ... | 2 | ... | 15 | 50 | 141 |
| Lewisham | 83,723 | 2,130 | 1,216 | 26.2 | 14.3 | 2.56 | 218 | ... | 39 | 7 | 75 | 28 | ... | 9 | ... | 60 | 89 | 136 |
| Woolwich | 41,334 | 1,288 | 861 | 31.3 | 20.5 | 3.92 | 165 | ... | 72 | 9 | 31 | 22 | ... | 2 | 1 | 28 | 88 | 172 |
| Plumstead | 59,610 | 1,950 | 936 | 33.6 | 15.4 | 3.54 | 214 | ... | 59 | 18 | 55 | 35 | ... | 4 | ... | 33 | 82 | 133 |