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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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BIRTHS.
The births during the year were 4,869 against 4,771 in 1895, an
increase of 98; the excess of the births over the deaths being 1,960.
Table " B " shews this, and compares the two years:—
TABLE B.
| 1895. | 1896. | |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated population in the middle of the year | 128,000 | 129,200 |
| Total Births | 4771 | 4,869 |
| Total Deaths | 2,769 | 2,909 |
| Excess of Births over Deaths, shewing the natural increase of the Population | 2,002 | 1,960 |
The North District contributed 1,892 of the births as against 1,905
in the previous year, the South 1,333 as against 1,343, and the East
1,644 as against 1,523.
DEATHS.
In the three sub-districts of Bethnal Green a total of 2,717 deaths
was registered in 1896, against 2,564 in the previous year; but in
this number are included the deaths of 177 persons who were
not in any way connected with Bethnal Green beyond the fact that
they were patients in one of the public institutions within our
boundaries, and died there. On the other hand I receive a monthly
return from Somerset House of the deaths of persons ordinarily
residing in Bethnal Green who have died in the various Hospitals in
the other parts of the Metropolis. These persons having probably
contracted their diseases in this parish, the fatal termination must
be taken into account just as though they had actually died here,
and there were no less than 369 of these deaths; adding these and
subtracting the non-parishioners gives a net total of 2,909.