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General of 171 infants born of Bethnal Green mothers
in Lying-in Institutions outside the Borough; from
these must be deducted the births of five infants born
in the workhouse of mothers ordinarily resident in
other parts of London.
Registered births 3,866
Inward transfers 171
Total 4,037
Outward transfers 5
Balance 4,032
The addition of these institution births gives a
nett total of 4,032, a number which is 176 below that
of the births of the previous year. This figure is also
361 below the decennial average of the births for the
ten years 1901—1910, which was 4,393 The births
exceeded the deaths by 1,716.
DEATHS.
The total number of deaths registered in the
Borough was 2,345, this total includes 422 nonresidents,
who died in some one or other of the
Bethnal Green Public Institutions; also five other
non-residents, who died violent or sudden deaths or
were found dead within the boundaries of the Borough.
These last were:—
1. The infant child of a shoe maker of Shoreditch,
suffering from Pneumonia; died in Goldsmith's Row on
the way to the Queen's Hospital.