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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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Total Tenements and Tenements with less than Five Rooms, distinguishing those occupied by Various Numbers of Persons, in the Sanitary Areas of Bethnal Green.
| Sanitary Area. | Rooms in Tenement. | Number of Tenements with less than five Rooms. | Number of Occupants of Tenements. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 12 or more. | |||
| Bethnal Green | 1 | 6,561 | 1,555 | 2,079 | 1,379 | 828 | 423 | 198 | 62 | 27 | 8 | _ | _ | 2 |
| Total tenements 27,998. | 2 | 6,694 | 263 | 1,253 | 1,344 | 1,251 | 1,007 | 728 | 451 | 248 | 99 | 33 | 14 | 3 |
| 3 | 6,059 | 110 | 712 | 980 | 1,029 | 944 | 837 | 656 | 419 | 228 | 98 | 32 | 14 | |
| 4 | 4,080 | 43 | 298 | 450 | 580 | 567 | 609 | 562 | 432 | 275 | 156 | 71 | 37 | |