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During 1958 the Registrar General estimated the population
as 49,830, which is 1,110 less than in the previous year.
The death rate was 11.4 per 1,000 persons as compared with a
rate of 11.3 for 1957. Both births and deaths depend to some
extent on the proportions of young and old people and of males
and females in the area, and in order to make comparisons
between one area and another the Registrar General gives Area
Comparability Factors which take into account these variations
in age and sex. Using this factor the adjusted death rate for
Bethnal Green would be 11.4 as compared with 11.7 for England
and Wales.
The birth rate during 1958 was 17.4 as compared with 15.7
during the previous year. The adjusted rate for comparison with
other areas is 16.2 as compared with 16.4 for England and Wales.
The Infant mortality rate was 18.4 as compared with the rate of
22.6 for England and Wales. It is, in Bethnal Green, however,
calculated on a very small number of infant deaths and is consequently
subject to large variations from year to year and as an indication
of child care the figure should be used with some caution.
The causes of death are shown In Table 1, which follows.
Notification of Births
Arrangements continued in operation during the year whereby
the London County Council furnished to the Borough Council a weekly
return of births (including stillbirths) notified to them as the
Local Health Authority under the National Health Service Act, 1946.
During the year 889 live births (467 male and 422 female) were
notified and in addition there were 18 stillbirths (12 male and 6
female).
These figures represent corrected totals after the addition of
inward transfers and the deduction of outward transfers and the
difference between these figures and those set out previously is
due to the fact that births must be registered within 6 weeks and
it is not uncommon for a child to be born and notified in one
calendar year but not actually registered until the following year.