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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 1924
Special report on an outbreak of Typhoid Fever in the Borough of Bethnal Green in 1924
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VITAL STATISTICS of Bethnal Green During 1924 and Previous Years.
| Year. | Population Estimated to Middle of Each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the Borough. | Transferable Deaths. | Nett Deaths of Persons Resident in the Borough. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civilian for calculating death-rate. | Including combatants serving for calculating birth-rate. | Uncorrected Number. | Nett. | Of Nonresidents registered in the Borough. | Of Residents not registered in the Borough. | At all Ages. | Under 1 year of Age. | |||||
| Number. | Rate. | Number. | Death rate. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 births or infantile mortality. | |||||||
| 1918 | 103,403 | 115,859 | 1,761 | 2,225 | 19.2 | 2,331 | – | – | 2,473 | 23.9 | 288 | 129 |
| 1919 | 110,085 | 114,676 | 2,242 | 2,564 | 22.4 | 1,517 | – | – | 1,535 | 13.9 | 218 | 85 |
| 1920 | 116,600 | – | 3,346 | 3,855 | 33.1 | 1,626 | – | – | 1,702 | 14.6 | 366 | 95 |
| 1921 | 118,300 | – | 2,636 | 3,003 | 25.4 | 1,452 | – | – | 1,530 | 12.9 | 300 | 100 |
| 1922 | 118,400 | – | 2,579 | 2,981 | 25.2 | 1,776 | – | – | 1,814 | 15.3 | 271 | 91 |
| 1923 | 118,700 | – | 2,482 | 2,880 | 24.2 | 1,275 | 282 | 340 | 1,340 | 11.3 | 198 | 68.7 |
| 1924 | 119,200 | – | 2,241 | 2,640 | 22.2 | 1,446 | 304 | 344 | 1,486 | 12.4 | 206 | 78.0 |