Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1922
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Table IV. AGES (in quinquennial groups) AND MARITAL CONDITIONS.
| Age Last Birthday | Persons | Males | Females | Percentages | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Single | Married | Widowed | Divorced | Total | Single | Mariied | Widowed | Divorced | Males | Females | |||
| Sex Percentages | ||||||||||||||
| 48.4 | 51.6 | |||||||||||||
| All Ages | Nos. | 117238 | 56,766 | 33,592 | 21,188 | 1,947 | 39 | 60,472 | 33,886 | 21,385 | 5,174 | 27 | Age Percentages | |
| % | – | 100.0 | 59. 2 | 37.3 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 56.0 | 35.4 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
| 0—4 | 11877 | 6,000 | 6,000 | – | – | – | 5,877 | 5,877 | – | – | – | 10.6 | 9.7 | |
| 5—9 | 13046 | 6,504 | 6,504 | – | – | – | 6,542 | 6,542 | – | – | – | 11.5 | 10.8 | |
| 10—14 | 13415 | 6,769 | 6,769 | – | – | – | 6,646 | 6,646 | – | – | – | 12.0 | 11.1 | |
| 15-19 | 12419 | 5,975 | 5,945 | 29 | 1 | – | 6,444 | 6,347 | 95 | – | 2 | 10.5 | 10.8 | |
| 20—24 | 10663 | 4,841 | 3,931 | 906 | 2 | 2 | 5,822 | 4,208 | 1,581 | 31 | 2 | 8.5 | 9.6 | |
| 25—29 | 8,794 | 4,052 | 1,649 | 2,375 | 24 | 4 | 4,742 | 1,681 | 2,911 | 144 | 6 | 7.1 | 7.8 | |
| 30—34 | 7,971 | 3,709 | 748 | 2,917 | 35 | 9 | 4,262 | 753 | 3,245 | 261 | 3 | 6.5 | 7.0 | |
| 35-39 | 7,642 | 3,637 | 521 | 3,045 | 66 | 5 | 4,005 | 460 | 3,224 | 315 | 6 | 6.4 | 6.6 | |
| 40—44 | 7,274 | 3,559 | 408 | 3,059 | 89 | 3 | 3,715 | 358 | 3,012 | 343 | 2 | 6.3 | 6.1 | |
| 45—49 | 6,491 | 3,270 | 323 | 2,767 | 176 | 4 | 3,221 | 282 | 2,479 | 459 | 1 | 5.8 | 5.3 | |
| 50-54 | 5,199 | 2,571 | 271 | 2,074 | 223 | 3 | 2,628 | 220 | 1,867 | 538 | 3 | 4.5 | 4.3 | |
| 55—59 | 3,962 | 1,990 | 170 | 1,554 | 261 | 5 | 1,972 | 162 | 1,231 | 578 | 1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | |
| 60-64 | 3,274 | 1,634 | 167 | 1,165 | 298 | 4 | 1,640 | 128 | 840 | 672 | – | 2.9 | 2.7 | |
| 65—69 | 2,447 | 1,138 | 88 | 728 | 322 | – | 1,309 | 96 | 533 | 680 | – | 2.0 | 2.2 | |
| 70—74 | 1,502 | 645 | 58 | 365 | 222 | – | 857 | 64 | 236 | 556 | 1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | |
| 75—79 | 801 | 313 | 29 | 149 | 135 | – | 488 | 38 | 98 | 352 | – | 0.6 | 0.8 | |
| 80—84 | 345 | 126 | 10 | 46 | 70 | – | 219 | 17 | 27 | 175 | – | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
| 85—89 | 90 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 18 | – | 65 | 6 | 5 | 54 | – | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
| 90—94 | 21 | 7 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | – | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 95—and over | 5 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | – | – | 4 | – | 0.0 | 0.0 | |