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Bethnal Green 1902
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1902
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BETHNAL GREEN.—TABLE I.— Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1902 and Previous Years.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District | Deaths of Non-residents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.* | Under 1 Year. | At all Ages. | Number. | Rate.* | |||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registrd. | Number. | Rate.* | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 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 |
| 1900. | 129,600 | 4,588 | 35˙4 | 771 | 168 | 2,535 | 19˙5 | 873 | 150 | 431 | 2,816 | 21˙7 |
| 1901. | 129,700 | 4,608 | 35˙5 | 678 | 147 | 2,423 | 18˙7 | 834 | 220 | 425 | 2,628 | 20˙3 |
| Averages for years 1892-1901. | 127,714 | 4,748 | 37˙2 | 784 | 166 | 2,632 | 20˙3 | 686 | 163 | 388 | 2,860 | 22˙3 |
| 1902. | 129,889 | 4,589 | 35˙3 | 710 | 155 | 2,522 | 18˙5 | 864 | 245 | 470 | 2,747 | 21˙1 |
Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 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 or division. 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 sickness or infirmity, and dying in public institutions there;
and by the term " Residents " is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and have died in public
institutions elsewhere.
The " Public Institutions " taken into account for the purposes of these tables are those into which persons are habitually received on account of
sickness or infirmity, such as hospitals, workhouses and lunatic asylums. A list of the Institutions in respect of the deaths in which corrections have
been made is given on the next Page.
Area of District in acres
(exclusive of area covered
by water).
733 Statute
acres.
Total population at all ages 129,680}
At Census
of 1901.
Number of inhabited houses 16,374
Average number of persons per house 7