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It is interesting to observe that the Bethnal Green figures
correspond fairly closely to the lowest income group in Sir John
Orr's report, i.e., those families with a gross income per head
below 10/-.
The results of the enquiry are therefore submitted as rough
approximations to the truth. They are an important indication
of the low standard of nutrition at present existing in a section
of the population of the Borough. What proportion of Bethnal
Green residents may be living at this level cannot be stated but
there is little doubt that it is a substantial number. Further investigation
of the facts on more scientific lines than were practicable
on this occasion is very much to be desired.
Vynne Borland,
Medical Officer of Health.
J. Henry Lloyd,
Administrative Assistant and Chief Clerk.
Public Health Department,
15, Old Ford Boad,
Bethnal Green, E.2.
31 si December, 1937.