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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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35
died in this way, including 20 children. The following
is a list of the deaths during 1930:—
DEATHS FROM STREET ACCIDENTS IN 1930.
| Drivers (3). | Pedestrians (19). | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | 38 | Horse carl, run over by own cart. | M | 75 | Knocked down by motor van. |
| F | 66 | Knocked down by motor coach. | |||
| M | 20 | Motor car, collision with another car. | F | 74 | Knocked down by motor car after alighting from tramcar. |
| M | 15 | Cycle, run over by motor van after collision. | M | 52 | Knocked down by motor bus. |
| M | 8 | Ran in front of motor van. | |||
| M | 32 | Fell trying to board motor 'bus. | |||
| M | 13 | Run over by motor lorry trailer, having fallen from drawbar. | |||
| M | 4 | Run over by motor tractor trailer. | |||
| M | 6 | Run over by motor car. | |||
| M | 19 | Knocked down by motor car. | |||
| F | 4 | Knocked down by motor car. | |||
| M | 74 | Knocked down by motor cycle | |||
| F | 4 | Run over by motor 'bus. | |||
| M | 5 | Run over by motor lorry. | |||
| M | 62 | Knocked down by motor van. | |||
| F | 2 | Knocked down (in Green St.) | |||
| F | 7 | Run over by motor bus. | |||
| F | 81 | Knocked down by motor lorry. | |||
| M | 68 | Run over by bus. | |||
It would appear that in at least 3 cases the pedestrian
who was killed was responsible for the accident, but
the fact that 2 drivers of non-mechanical vehicles were
also killed as well as so many other pedestrians points
clearly to the need for more effective control (in the
interests of safety of life and limb) over the use of
the roads by mechanical traffic, especially in congested
districts like Bethnal Green, where the street is so
often the only playground for the young and the only
recreation for the old.