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VITAL STATISTICS.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
The area of the Borough is 760 acres. At the
1921 Census there were 18,497 structurally separate
dwellings in the Borough, and 27,596 families or
separate occupiers lived therein. The rateable value
of the Borough on the 31st December, 1924, was
£578,072, and the product of a Id. rate is estimated
at £2,275.
POPULATION.
The population, as estimated by the Registrar-
General in the middle of 1924, was 119,200.
MARRIAGES.
The number of marriages celebrated in Bethnal
Green during 1924 was 843. This is equal to a rate
of 14.2 persons married, or 7.l marriages, per 1,000
total population.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered in the Borough
during 1924 was 2,241, and, in addition, 399 occurred
outside the Borough to Bethnal Green residents in
excess of those occurring in Bethnal Green to residents
of other localities, making a total of 2,640 births.
The birth-rate for 1924 was, therefore, 221 births
per 1,000 population.