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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 1907
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1907 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green.
REPORT.
TO THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COUNCILLORS OF THE
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF BETHNAL GREEN.
Sir and Gentlemen,
I have the honor to submit to you my
thirty-second Annual Report on the Vital Statistics
and Sanitary condition of the Borough of Bethnal
Green. The report covers fifty-two weeks forming
the Registration year 1907, which terminated on
Saturday, December 28th, last.
POPULATION.
The Registrar General estimates the population of
the Borough in the middle of the year 1907, at 130,831,
an increase of 222 over the previous year.
TABLE A.
| 1906. | 1907. | |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated population in the middle of the year | 130,609 | 130,831 |
| Total Births | 4,430 | 4,152 |
| Total Deaths | 2,485 | 2,281 |
| Excess of Births over Deaths, shewing the natural increase of the population | 1,972 | 1,871 |