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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 1915
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1915 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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SUMMARY.
| Total deaths registered | 2152 | |
| Sudden deaths of residents outside the Borough | 15 | |
| Deaths of residents in institutions outside the Borough | 426 | |
| — | 2593 | |
| Deductions:— | ||
| Sudden deaths of strangers in Bethnal Green | 9 | |
| Deaths of strangers in Bethnal Green Institutions | 493 | |
| 502 | ||
| Net total deaths of Bethnal Green residents | 2091 |
Note.—In accordance with instructions received
from the Registrar-General (see page 8), the deaths of
soldiers in the Bethnal Green Military Hospital have not
been included in these statistics, but the numbers will
be found at the foot of page 12.
DEATHS IN SUB-DISTRICTS.
In the North-East Sub-district 1,077 deaths occurred
amongst the residents, and 977 in the South-West.
Thirty-seven persons who had no fixed homes died in
the Workhouse or the Infirmary. These details are
shown in Table D.