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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 I. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1916 and Previous Years.
| Year. 1 | Population estimated to Middle of each year. 2 | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths. | Nett Deaths belonging the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||||
| Uncorrected Number. 3 | Nett. | Number. 6 | Rate. 7 | Of Nonresidents registered in the District. 8 | Of Residents not registered in the District. 9 | Number. 10 | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births. 11 | Rate. 13 | Number. 12 | |||
| Number. 4 | Rate. 5 | |||||||||||
| 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 |
| 1916 | 115,552 | 3,171 | 3,438 | 27.4 | 1,784 | 15.5 | 445 | 425 | 365 | 106.0 | 1,764 | 15.3 |
Area of District. 759 acres. At census of 1911 { Total P opulation ages), 128,282.
(Total Families or Separate Occupiers, 27,755.