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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 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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Table: The following table compares the birth rates for Bethnal Green and for London by quarters:—

The following table compares the birth rates for Bethnal Green and for London by quarters:—

Quarter ending.London.Bethnal Green.
April 1st30.840.4
July 1st28.835.0
Sept. 30th29.535.7
Dec. 31st28.937.4

Table: MARRIAGES.The number of Marriages celebrated in the parish is distributed as follows :—

MARRIAGES.

The number of Marriages celebrated in the parish is distributed as follows :—

Quarter ending.Church of England.Before Registrar.Total.
March15718175
June32027347
September26925294
December33724361
Total1083941177

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The he proportion of persons married is 18.2 per thousand of the
population ; the corresponding rate for the whole of London is 20.3.
DEATHS OF INFANTS.
Twenty-eight per cent. of the deaths from all causes were those
of infants aged less than twelve months; for out of 4,753 infants
born alive, 827 died before reaching the age of one year, thus giving
a death rate, calculated upon the births, of 174.0, whilst the
corresponding rate for the whole of London is 166.0.