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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 1912

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1912 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector

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SUMMARY.

Table: Average Death Rates, per 1,000 population, for years 1909, 1910 and 1911.

Average Death Rates, per 1,000 population, for years 1909, 1910 and 1911.

Zymotic Diseases.Tubercular Diseases.Respiratory Diseases.
Area.Borough.Area.Borough.Area.Borough.
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Population of Area 3,058
Deaths for 3 years 227
Death Rate for Area 24.74
Death Rate for whole Borough 16.71
Summary of Condition of Premises.
Premises so badly situated, so damp or in such
a condition of decay and dilapidation, as
to be utterly incapable of conversion into
healthy dwellings 59.28 per cent.
Premises structurally defective, but capable of
being altered and repaired so as to be made
fit for human habitation 32.58 per cent.
Premises in sound structural condition, some
cleansing and minor repairs necessary
8.14 per cent.
It may be useful here to recapitulate the general
conditions and history of this locality.