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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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TABLE I. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1915 and Previous Years.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each year. | births. | Total Deaths Registered in the district. | Transferable Deaths. | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||||
| Nett. | Number. | Rate. | of Nonresidents registered in the District. | Of Residents not registered in the District. | Number, | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births. | Number. | Rate. | ||||
| Uncorrected Number. | Number. | Hate. | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1910 | 131,579 | 4,040 | 4,208 | 31.98 | 2,034 | 15.4 | 406 | 375 | 516 | 122.6 | 2,002 | 15.2 |
| 1911 | 128,247 | 3,866 | 4,032 | 31.45 | 2,345 | 18 .3 | 427 | 391 | 599 | 148.5 | 2,316 | 18.0 |
| 1912 | 127,985 | 3,702 | 3,904 | 30.5 | 1,851 | 13.4 | 314 | 420 | 375 | 96.1 | 1,957 | 15.3 |
| 1913 | 127,824 | 3,863 | 4,008 | 31.3 | 2,028 | 15 .9 | 411 | 400 | 470 | 117 .5 | 2,001 | 15 .7 |
| 1914 | 127,662 | 3,609 | 3,786 | 29.6 | 2,113 | 16.5 | 434 | 368 | 519 | 137. 0 | 2,047 | 16.0 |
| 1915 | 120,207 | 3,314 | 3,514 | 27.5 | 2,152 | 17.9 | 502 | 441 | 415 | 118.0 | 2,091 | 17.4 |
Area of District, 759 acres.
At census of 1911
Total Population (all ages), 128,282.
Total families or separate occupiers, 27,755.