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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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Table: THE CENSUS RETURNS FOR METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS. The prompt publication of the census returns for the County of London, and for the Metropolitan Boroughs, enables us to publish the analyses of these published returns.

THE CENSUS RETURNS FOR METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS. The prompt publication of the census returns for the County of London, and for the Metropolitan Boroughs, enables us to publish the analyses of these published returns.

Population 1901.Increase or Decrease since 1891.Percentage Increase or Decrease.
City of London26,90810,798-28.6
Battersea168,89618,730+12.5
Bermondsey130,4865,528-4.1
Bethnal Green129,681752-0.6
Camberwell259,25825,552+10.9
Chelsea73,856992+1.2
Deptford110,5138,764+8.6
Finsbury101,4768,505-7.7
Fulham137,28945,499+49.5
Greenwich95,75717,243+22.0
Hackney219,28819,682+9.8
Hammersmith112,24515,007+15.4
Hampstead81,90213,776+20.2
Holborn59,3907,388-11.1
Islington334,92815,773+4.9
Kensington176,6236,552+3.8
Lambeth301,87323,480+8.5
Lewisham127,46038,527+43.3
Paddington143,9547,999+5.9
Poplar168,8381,958+1.2
St. Marylebone.133,32910,734-7.5
St. Pancras235,284535+0.2
Shoreditch118,7056,022-4. 8
Southwark206,1283,649+1.8
Stepney298,54813,432+4.7
Stoke Newington51,2473,259+6.8
Wandsworth232,03076,506+49.3
City of Westminster182,97718,992-9.4
Woolwich117,16518,171+18.4
London4,536,034307,717+6.8*

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Decreases are printed in italics.
The British Medical Journal, May 11th, 1901.

Table: BETHNAL GREEN.

BETHNAL GREEN.

Sub-Districts.Population.
Bethnal Green, North51,513
,, South33,473
,, East44,695
Total129,681

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Corresponding Percentage Increase, 1881-91. +10.4