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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 II.— Vital Statistics of Separate Localities in 1902 and previous years.
| Names of Localities. | 1 —North | 2.—South | 3.—East | 4.—Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year. |
| a | b | c | d | a | b | c | d | a | b | c | d | a | b | c | d | |
| 1892 | 51,520 | 2,052 | 1,187 | 31.3 | 31,175 | 1,266 | 798 | 211 | 44,615 | 1,593 | 999 | 219 | 127,310 | 4,911 | 2,984 | 743 |
| 1893 | 47,585 | 1,905 | 1,240 | 310 | 32,975 | 1,339 | 938 | 233 | 42,440 | 1,512 | 1,079 | 269 | 123,000 | 4,756 | 3,257 | 812 |
| 1894 | 47,585 | 1,862 | 1,018 | 282 | 32,975 | 1,240 | 741 | 213 | 42,440 | 1˙534 | 883 | 214 | 123,000 | 4,636 | 2,642 | 709 |
| 1895 | 49,000 | 1,905 | 1,024 | 292 | 34,300 | 1,343 | 789 | 222 | 45,000 | 1˙523 | 956 | 258 | 128,300 | 4,771 | 2,769 | 772 |
| 1896 | 49,339 | 1,892 | 1,142 | 326 | 34,194 | 1,333 | 814 | 240 | 45,667 | 1,644 | 953 | 263 | 129,200 | 4,869 | 2,909 | 829 |
| 1897 | 49,339 | 1,961 | 1,028 | 321 | 34,194 | 1,333 | 803 | 243 | 45,667 | 1,524 | 930 | 250 | 129,200 | 4,818 | 2,761 | 814 |
| 1898 | 149,339 | 1,971 | 1,122 | 372 | 34,194 | 1,291 | 853 | 265 | 45,667 | 1,517 | 897 | 243 | 129,200 | 4,779 | 2,872 | 880 |
| 1899 | 49,339 | 1,930 | 1,168 | 355 | 34,194 | 1,361 | 814 | 227 | 45,667 | 1,462 | 954 | 245 | 129,200 | 4,753 | 2,936 | 827 |
| 1900 | 51,500 | 1,935 | 1,142 | 314 | 33,450 | 1,218 | 776 | 211 | 44,650 | 1,435 | 898 | 246 | 129,600 | 4,588 | 2,816 | 771 |
| 1901 | 51,514 | 1,864 | 1,112 | 308 | 33,472 | 11,239 | 721 | 177 | 44,714 | 1,505 | 795 | 223 | 129,700 | 4,608 | 2,628 | 708 |
| Averages of yrs. 1892-01. | 49,606 | 1,927 | 1,118 | 319 | 33,512 | 1,296 | 804 | 224 | 44,652 | 1,524 | 934 | 243 | 127,771 | 4,748 | 2,857 | 786 |
| 1902 | 51,600 | 1,938 | 1,056 | 307 | 34,000 | 1,237 | 730 | 186 | 44,289 | 1,414 | 961 | 217 | 129,89 | 4,589 | 2,747 | 710 |
Notes.—(b) Deaths of residents occurring in public institutions beyond the district are included in sub-columns c of this table,
and those of non-residents registered in public institutions in the district excluded. (See note on Table I. as to
meaning of terms " resident " and " non-resident.")
(c) Deaths of residents occurring in public institutions, whether within or without the district, are allotted to the
respective localities according to the addresses of the deceased.