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There were also reported to me 267 deaths of
Bethnal Green persons who died in institutions in other
parts of London or in other parts of England and
Wales.
The foregoing figures give the net number of deaths
for Betlnal Green as 1,221, which is slightly discrepant
from the figure of 1,223 given by the RegistrarGeneral.
The latter figure has, however, been taken
for statistical purposes and gives an annual death-rate
of 11.1 per 1,000 of population.
The reduction in the death rate as compared with
last year is chiefly attributable to the reduced incidence
of Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Influenza in both sexes
and of Heart Disease among women.
The death-rate for Bethnal Green, 11.1, compares
with 114 for the County of London and 11.4 for
England and Wales as a whole.
Infantile mortality and the mortality from cancer,
street accidents and 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.
MATERNAL MORTALITY.
During the year systematic inquiry has been made
into every maternal death belonging to the Borough.
The cases investigated fall into the following groups:—
(a) Septicaemia following abortion 3
(b) Other cases of Septicaemia 1