London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Bethnal Green 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

This page requires JavaScript

Text

Copy text to clipboard

7
SECTION A

Table: STATISTICS OF THE AREA

STATISTICS OF THE AREA

Area760 acres
Population, estimated mid-year59,170
Number of inhabited houses (at 31st December, 1949)15,229
Rateable Value£434,997
General Rate17s. 4d.
Sum represented by a penny rate£1,753

Table: EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR

MatesFemalesTotal
Live Births : Legitimate496476972
Illegitimate352560
Rate per 1,000 estimated population17.5
Stillbirths : Legitimate13518
Illegitimate123
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births19.9
Deaths.
Death Rate per 1,000 estimated population—
Recorded rate12.6
Standardised rate13.7
Deaths of infants under one year of age—
Legitimate141529
Illegitimate314
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age—
All infants per 1,000 live births31.9
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births29.8
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births66.6