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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 1914

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1914 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector

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Table: SUMMARY.

SUMMARY.

1913.1914.
Estimated Population of Bethnal Green-127,824127,662
Young Children, under 5 years-16,28016,250
Old People, over 65 years-4,8274,820
Area—759 acres. Number of Inhabited Houses14,75614,758
Rateable Value£535,336£535,734
Average number of Persons to each House-8.78.7
Average number of Persons to each Acre168.4168.2
Total number of Deaths in the year-2,0112,036
Total number of Births in the year4,0083,786
Total number of Marriages-1,0461,009
Marriage Rate—Bethnal Green-16.416.4
Marriage Rate—London-18.319.1
Death Rate—Bethnal Green15.715.9
Death Rate—London-14.214.4
Birth Rate—Bethnal Green31.329.6
Birth Rate—London24.524.3
Infantile Death Rate (on Births)—Bethnal Green117.5137.0
Infantile Death Rate (on Births)— London-105.0104.0
Young Children's Death Rate (on estimated number of Young Children)43.248.3
Old People's Death Rate (on estimated number of Old People)95.380.0
Zymotic Death Rate (Bethnal Green)-1.972.58
Zymotic Death Rate (London)-1.372.21
Inquest Cases247263