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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 1920
Report on the health of the Borough during the year 1920
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POPULATION.
The population of this Borough for the middle of
1920 is estimated by the Registrar-General at 114,471.
The figure obtained at the last Census in 1911 was
128,183.
MARRIAGES.
The number of marriages celebrated in Bethnal
Green during 1920 was 1,124. This is equal to a rate
of 19 6 persons married per 1,000 total population.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered in the Borough
during 1920 was 3,346, and in addition 511 occurred
outside the Borough to Bethnal Green residents in
excess of those occurring in Bethnal Green to residents
of other localities, making a total of 3,857
births. The birth rate for 1920 was therefore 33.7
births per 1,000 of population. This compares with:
1914 29.6
1915 27.5
1916 27.4
1917 22.6
1918 19.2
1919 22.4
The birth rates in the four quarters of the year were:—
| First quarter | 41.8 |
| Second „ | 34.4 |
| Third „ | 30.6 |
| Fourth „ | 27.6 |