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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 1916
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1916
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TABLE A.
| 1915. | 1916. | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Births | 3,514 | 3,438 |
| Total Deaths | 2,091 | 1,764 |
| Excess of Births over Deaths, showing the natural increase of the population | 1,423 | 1,674 |
BIRTHS.
The Local Registrars return the total number of
children born alive in the Borough at 3,171, but in
addition to these I have received information from the
Registrar-General of 268 infants born of Bethnal Green
mothers in lying-in institutions situated in other parts
of London, from which number must be deducted an
infant born in the Workhouse of a non-resident mother.
Details of these are given below, and the adjustment of
the total number is as follows : —
Births in the Borough 3171
London Hospital 129
Whitechapel Infirmary 29
City of London Lying-in Hospital 26
Jewish Maternity and Nursing Insti-
tution, Underwood Street 18
East End Mothers' Home 20
Salvation Army Hospital 2
Queen Charlotte's Hospital 1
Institutions unidentified 43
268
3439
Outward Transfer 1
Net Total of Bethnal Green Births 3438