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SUMMARY.
1899 1900.
Estimated Population of Bethnal Green at all ages 129,200 129,600
„ ,, Young Children, under 5 years 18.000 18,000
„ ,, Elderly People, over 60 years 4,748 4,748
Area—755 Acres. Number of Inhabited Houses—16,542 (Census 1891).
Average Number of Persons to each Acre 171 1716
Total number of Deaths in the year 2,936 2,816
Total number of Births in the year 4,753 4,588
Total number of Marriages 1.177 1,039
Marriage Rate—Bethnal Green 18. 2 16. 0
Marriage Rate—London 203 17.6
Death Rate—Bethnal Green 22.7 21.7
Death Rate—London 19. 3 18. 3
Birth Rate—Bethnal Green 36. 8 35. 4
Birth Rate—London 29.4 28. 6
Infantile Death Rate (on Births)—Bethnal Green 174 168
Infantile Death Rate (on Births)—London 166 158
Young Children's Death Rate (on estimated number of
Young Children) 70.0 59.4
Old People's Death Rate (on estimated number of Old
People) 106.8 66.4
Zymotic Death Rate—Bethnal Green 3.1 2.7
Zymotic Death Rate—London 2. 4 2. 2
Inquest Cases 280 245
Uncertified Deaths (no Inquests held) 5 6