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Bethnal Green 1903
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1903
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TABLE I.
Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1903 and Previous Years.
Name of District—-Bethnal Green.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deathsin Public Institutionsin theDistrict | Deaths ofnonresidents registered in Public Institutions inthe District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyondthe District. | Nett Deaths at allAGES Belonging tothe District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate . | Number. | Rate per 1.000 Births registered. | Number | Rate* | Number. | Rate* | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 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 |
| 1902 | 129,889 | 4,589 | 35.3 | 710 | 155 | 2,522 | 18.5 | 864 | 245 | 470 | 2,747 | 21.1 |
| Averages for years 1893-1902 | 127,998 | 4,716 | 36.8 | 777 | 166 | 2,604 | 20.0 | 713 | 170 | 399 | 2,836 | 22.1 |
| 1903 | 130,028 | 4,627 | 35.6 | 630 | 136 | 2,253 | 17.3 | 915 | 272 | 380 | 2,361 | 18.1 |
* Rates in Columns, 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
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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 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" to be 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 back of this Table.
Area of District in acres} Total population at all ages 129.680} Census
(exclusive of area} 755 acres. Number of inhabited houses 16,374} of 1901.
covered by water).} Average number of persons per house 7}