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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 1913

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1913 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector

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Table: CENSUS RETURN, 1911. Population in Single Room Tenements in London and in certain Eastern Districts.

CENSUS RETURN, 1911. Population in Single Room Tenements in London and in certain Eastern Districts.

Area.Population (1911).Occupants of single room tenements.Percentage on total population.
Bethnal Green128,18310,7078.7
Poplar162,4427,4084.5
Shoreditch111,39018,90312.4
Stepney379,80423,6888.5
LONDON4,521,685265,5535.8

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(Census Returns, vol. 8, pp. 534, 537, 554, 557 & 559).

Table: Bethnal Green forms a portion of the Petty Sessional Division of the Tower, which contains

Bethnal Green forms a portion of the Petty Sessional Division of the Tower, which contains

Area in Statute Acres.Families or Separate Occupiers.Population.
8,786.2195,051903,289

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(Census Returns, vol. i., p. 418).