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Bethnal Green 1904
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1904
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Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green.
REPORT.
TO THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COUNCILLORS OF THE
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF BETHNAL GREEN.
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit for your consideration my
twenty-ninth Annual Report on the Vital Statistics
and Sanitary condition of the Borough of Bethnal
Green for the registration year 1904, which terminated
on the 31st of December last.
ESTIMATE OF POPULATION.
The Registrar General estimates the population of
the Borough at 130,207 in the middle of the year 1904.
BIRTHS.
The total number of births registered in Bethnal
Green during the year is 4,526, against 4,627 in 1903, a
decrease of 101. The excess of the births over the
deaths is 2,037. Table "A" shews this and compares
the two years.
TABLE A.
| 1903. | 1904. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated population in the middle of the year | 130,028 | 130,207 | |
| Total Births | 4.627 | 4.526 | |
| Total Deaths | 2.363 | 2,489 | |
| Excess of Births over Deaths, shewing the natural increase of the population | 2,264 | 2.037 | |