Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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for statistical purposes and gives an annual death-rate
of 13.6 per 1,000 of population.
The death-rate for Bethnal Green, 13.6 compares
with 13.8 for the County of London and 13.4 for
England and Wales as a whole.
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 as classified by the Registrar-General,
are given in the accompanying table.