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Bethnal Green 1899

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green during the year 1899

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Analysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics—Continued.

Sanitary Areas.Estimated Population middle of 1899.Births.Deaths.Annual Rate per 1,000 Living.Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-cough.Typhus.Enteric Fever.Simple and Undefined Fever.Diarrhœa.Phthisis.Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1,000 Births.
Births.Deaths.Principal Zymotic Diseases.
Clerkenwell66,0682,0501,49231.122.63.04200..3613283023..70153193
St. Luke40,8681,8111,15944.428.43.03123..2681014..6..59144149
London City27,98641659914.921.51.3638..4175..12..961144
East Districts.
Shoreditch121,0714,1322,85734.223.83.6443890136547..25..198253204
Bethnal Green128,9384,7532,93637.022.83.15405..9895945..38..156303174
Whitechapel81,3913,0001,71437.021.12.12173..5822724..15..46194147
St. George-in-the-East48,5602,0681,31242.727.13.4416615831225..9..59121200
Limehouse58,8071,9331,50033.025.63.78221..6213431..22..71135216
Mile End Old Town113,1614,2502,40633.721.32.72307..5256548..26..111205158
Poplar170,6065,9183,76234.822.13.41582..1041077106..38..247364176
South Districts.
St. Saviour Southwark24,20769460728.725.13.5185..2121710..1..3483203
St. George Southwark.60,5362,1281,67335.227.74.53274..6366332..8..102213205
Newington124,1664,1782,96933.724.03.67455..8713104104..23..124325191
St. Olave Southwark11,09836127632.624.92.6129..1029....2..628147
Bermondsey85,8353,0632,06335.824.13.46296..68108829118..82183187
Rotherhithe41,0501,26686530.921.12.80115..14113214111..3275170
Lambeth308,1089,4335,89430.719.22.65819..17025158130..50..286537158
Battersea174,9965,1792,91029.716.72.22387..105146252..38..116277162
Wandsworth209,6555,5423,20326.515.31.89395..5996865..18..176253153
Camberwell264,8177,4444,60228.217.42.52667..1301916086..33..239404158
Greenwich182,5135,6823,41531.218.82.76503..127177353..30..203281167
Lee40,21997660624.315.12.0683..254149..4..2740141
Lewisham91,0272,5971,47828.616.32.2320311466812..11..91104143
Woolwich41.5421,26087930.421.22.44101..1342113..5..45102163
Plumstead64,0311,97191430.914.31.3586..361610......5193124