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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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K2 II (B).
Table of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Sickness, coming to the knowledge of the Medical
Officer of Health, during the year 1896, in the Sanitary District of Bethnal Green; classified according to Diseases,
Ages and Localities.
Names of Localities
adopted for the purpose
of these Statistics.
Public Institutions
being shown as separate
localities.
Population at all
Ages.
Registered Births.
Ages
under 5
or
over 5
New Cases of Sickness
in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the
Medical Officer of Health.
Number of such cases
removed from their homes in the
several Localities for treatment
in Isolation Hospitals of
Asylums Boards.
Census
1896.
Estimat'd
to
Middle of
1895.
Small Pox.
Scarlatina.
Diphtheria &
Membranous
Croup.
fevers.
Erysipelas.
Small Pox.
Scarlatina.
Diphtheria &
Membranous
Croup.
fevers.
Enteric
or
Typhoid.
Continued
Relapsing.
Puerperal.
Enteric
or
Typhoid.
North, Sub-District
49,301
...
...
Under 5
...
139
80
2
...
1
...
13
...
64
42
2
5 upwards
...
262
111
38
...
...
6
120
...
135
29
23
South, Sub-District
34,194
...
...
Under 5
...
154
67
6
...
...
...
12
...
89
29
3
5 upwards
...
236
68
40
1
...
1
65
...
136
23
30
East, Sub-District
45,667
...
...
Under 5
...
156
56
5
...
...
...
9
...
62
21
1
5 upwards
...
230
79
40
...
...
4
105
...
123
19
16
Workhouse
...
...
...
Under 5
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5 upwards
...
2
...
...
...
...
1
12
...
2
...
...
Mildmay Hospital
...
...
...
Under 5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5 upwards
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Victoria Park Hospital
...
...
...
Under 5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5 upwards
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
BethnalHouse Asylum
...
...
...
Under 5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5 upwards
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Children's Home,
Bonner Road
...
...
...
Under 5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5 upwards
...
37
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
36
...
...
Totals
Under 5
...
450
203
13
...
1
...
34
...
215
92
6
5 upwards
...
769
258
119
1
...
12
303
...
434
71
70
Isolation Hospitals: Homerton, St. Anne's, Tottenham, and Hospital Ships.