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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bethnal Green 1904
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1904
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TABLE I.
Vital S tatistics of W hole District during 1904 and Previous Years.
Name of District— Bethnal G reen.
| 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 Nonresidents 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 of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1,00 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 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 |
| 1903 | 130,028 | 4,627 | 35.6 | 630 | 136 | 2,253 | 17.3 | 915 | 272 | 380 | 2,361 | 18.1 |
| Averages for Years 1894-1803 | 128,702 | 4,704 | 36.0 | 756 | 162 | 2,526 | 19.3 | 733 | 180 | 397 | 2,747 | 21.3 |
| 1904 | 130,207 | 4,526 | 34.7 | 711 | 157 | 2,393 | 18.4 | 918 | 300 | 399 | 2,489 | 19.1 |
* 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.
Area of District in Acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 755 Total Population at all Ages 129,700
Number of Inhabited Houses 14,005 At Census of 1901.
Average number of Persons per House 9.2