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stationary, that of the South to have decreased, whilst a considerable
increase has taken place in the East. It must of course be
understood that these figures are approximate only.
DEATHS.
The District Registrars forwarded to me week by week
particulars of 2,253 deaths in Bethnal Green, indicative of a crude
death rate of 17•3. Amongst the deaths so registered are
included those of 272 non-residents, who died whilst under treatment
in Bethnal Green Public Institutions; ten other persons,
also non-residents, died violent or sudden deaths whilst temporarily
within the boundaries of the Borough; amongst these, two were
killed on the railway, six were drowned in the canal, and two died
suddenly from heart disease. The deaths of these 282 nonresidents
must be struck out from the number actually returned
by the Registrars.
On the other hand, I have received information from Somerset
House of the deaths of 380 persons ordinarily resident in Bethnal
Green, but who died in public institutions outside our boundaries.
In addition to these, twelve of our inhabitants died violent or
sudden deaths in other parts of London; six persons were
drowned—Regent's Canal (2), River Thames (2), and one each
in the East India, West India, and Queenhithe Docks; one man
was killed at the Gower Street Railway Station, and another at
the Globe Road Station; the other deaths were caused
accidentally in various parts of London—Hoxton Square, Jewry
Street, London Fields, Gray's Inn Road, and Pembroke Square,
Kensington. After adding these 292 deaths and subtracting
those of the non-residents there remains a nett total of 2,363
deaths.
The Institution deaths throughout London have been (since
1883) distributed to the various Medical Officers of Health
concerned, from Somerset House by Mr. A. C. Waters, and
since, owing to well-earned promotion, the preparation of these