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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 1900
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of Bethnal Green during the year 1900
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| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Deaths under One Year of Age. | Deaths at all Ages. Total. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Deaths of Non-residents registered in District. | Deaths of Residents registered beyond District. | Deaths at all Ages. Nett. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate1 | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1890. | 129,134 | 4,811 | 37.2 | 761 | 162 | 2,961 | 22.9 | 641 | 140 | 378 | 3,199 | 24.8 |
| 1891. | 129,134 | 4,998 | 38.7 | 827 | 165 | 3,080 | 23.8 | 707 | 141 | 343 | 3,282 | 25.4 |
| 1892. | 127,040 | 4,911 | 38.7 | 779 | 158 | 2,800 | 22.0 | 588 | 179 | 363 | 2,984 | 23.5 |
| 1893. | 123,000 | 4,756 | 38.6 | 849 | 177 | 3,031 | 24.6 | 722 | 175 | 399 | 3,257 | 26.5 |
| 1894. | 123,000 | 4,636 | 37.7 | 709 | 152 | 2,398 | 19.5 | 570 | 152 | 395 | 2,642 | 21.4 |
| 1895. | 128,000 | 4,771 | 37.3 | 772 | 162 | 2,564 | 20.0 | 625 | 150 | 355 | 2,796 | 21.6 |
| 1896. | 129,200 | 4,869 | 37.7 | 829 | 170 | 2,717 | 21.0 | 638 | 177 | 369 | 2,909 | 22.5 |
| 1897. | 129,200 | 4,818 | 37.3 | 791 | 169 | 2,551 | 17.4 | 663 | 148 | 358 | 2,761 | 21.4 |
| 1898. | 129,200 | 4,779 | 37.0 | 839 | 185 | 2,633 | 20.4 | 620 | 119 | 358 | 2,872 | 22.2 |
| 1899. | 129,200 | 4,753 | 36.8 | 827 | 174 | 2,669 | 20.7 | 727 | 164 | 431 | 2,936 | 22.7 |
| Averages for years 1890-99. | 127,610 | 4,810 | 37.7 | 798 | 167.4 | 2,740 | 21.2 | 650 | 154 | 374 | 2,963 | 23.2 |
| 1900. | 129,600 | 4,588 | 35.4 | 771 | 168 | 2,535 | 19.5 | 873 | 150 | 431 | 2,816 | 21.7 |
* Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those registered during the year as having actually
occurred within the district. The deaths included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction of
the number in Column 10 and the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of illness, and dying there; and by the
term "Residents" is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of illness, and have died elsewhere.
Area of District in acres
(exclusive of area covered
by water). 17 acres. }738.
Total population at all ages 129,134
Number of inhabited houses 17,109
Average number of persons per house 7.6 } At Census of 1891.