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This correction gives the net number of deaths
for Bethnal Green as 1,486, making an annual deathrate
of 12.4 per 1,000 of population.
The death-rates for the last nine years are as
follow: —
1916 15.3
1917 15.8
1918 23.9
(Influenza pandemic)
1919 13.9
1920 14.6
1921 12.9
1922 15.3
1923 11.3
1924 12.4
The death-rates in the four quarters of the year
were: —
First Quarter 18.1
Second „ 10.8
Third „ 8.4
Fourth „ 12.3
The increased death-rate in the first quarter was
due to the prevalence of influenza and its complications.
The death-rate for Bethnal Green, 12-4, compares
with 12-1 for the County of London.
Infantile mortality and the mortality from tuberculosis
and other infectious diseases are subjects of
comment in other parts of this Report.
The causes of death among the population of
Bethnal Green are classified in the following table:—