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Bethnal Green 1861

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

Published
1862
Pages
44
Tables
21

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21 tables in this report

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    GENERAL RATE.
    RECEIPTS.£s.d.PAYMENTS.£s.d.
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    WATERING BETHNAL GREEN ROAD.
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    REDEMPTION OF MORTGAGES BY THE LATE PAVING COMMISSION.
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    Sewer Rate.
    RECEIPTS.PAYMENTS.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    Metropolis Main Drainage Rate.
    RECEIPTS.PAYMENTS.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    STATEMENT OF MONEYS DUE TO, AND DEBTS AND LIABILITIES OWING BY, THE VESTRY ON THE 25 th MARCH, 1862.
    MONEY DUE TO.MONEYS OWING BY.
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    CONTRACTS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF SPECIAL WORKS.
    Date of Contract.Locality.Name of Contractor.Nature and Quantity of Work.Cost.
    £s.d.
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    CONTRACTS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF GENERAL WORKS AND FOR SUPPLY OF MATERIALS.
    Date of Contract.Name of Party with whom Contract was made.Nature of Works to be performed, and Materials to be supplied.
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    NEW SEWERS.
    Name of Street or Place.Length of Sewer.Size.Materials.
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    The sums expended on New Kerbing arc as follows:—
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    PAVING WORK, FROM MARCH 25th, 1861, TO MARCH 25th, 1862.
    Names of Street or Place.3-in. York Paving.Relay Paving.New Edge Kerb.New Circular Kerb.Refixed Kerb.Kerb Dressed and Refixed.Cut York Channel. 1Cut Granite Channel.Relay Carriage O Paving.Relay Carriage Grouted.New Granite Corner Blocks.Granite Paving.24 X 12 Granite Trams.18 X 12 Granite Kerb.COST.
    ft.in.ft.in.ft.in.ft.in.ft.in.ft.in.ft.in.ft.in.vds.ft.yds.ftNo.ft.in.ft.in.ft.in.£s.d.
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    TABLE A.
    Sub-Districts.POPULATION.
    1851.1861.Decennial Increase.Ratio per Cent.
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    TABLE B.
    Sub-Districts.POPULATION, 1851-61.
    By excess of Births Over Deaths.Loss on Natural Increase.Increase by Immigration.
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    TABLE C.
    SubDistricts.Separate Families.HOUSES.INHABITANTS.Persons to each Acre.Persons to eachHouse
    InhabitedUninhabitedBuilding.,Males.Females.Total.
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    Their relative mortality in each month conjointly with that of the Epidemics and Consumption differed thus:—
    Diseases.January.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.December.
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    TABLE 1. Showing the London Weather and Deaths, and the relative Mortality in Bethnal Green.
    METEOROLOGY.DEATHS.
    1861. Months.Mean Reading of Barometer.Mean Temperature of Air.Mean Dew Point Temperature.Relative proportion of Wind.Daily Horizontal Movement of Air.Amount of Rain in Inches.in bethnal green.in london.
    Total.Annual percentage of Deaths in Bethnal Green.Epidemic.Percentage of Epidemic to Total Deaths.Total.Annual percentage of London Deaths.Epidemic.Percentage of Epidemic to Total Deaths.
    N.E.S.W.
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    TABLE 3. Sub-District Epidemic Mortality in 1861.
    Sub-Districts of Bethnal Green.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlatina & Diptheria.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea.Typhus.Total of Epidemics.Percentage to Total Deaths.
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    TABLE 4. Comparative Mortality of Epidemics in London, East Districts, and Bethnal Green.
    Epidemics.Percentages to Total Deaths.
    London.East Districts.Bethnal Green.
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    TABLE 8. Comparative Mortality, Causes of, and Ages at, Death, in each of the Sub-Districts of Bethnal Green, during the 52 Weeks ending December, 28th, 1861.
    Sub-Districts.CAUSES.DEATHS.
    Zymotic or Epidemic Class.Tubercular Class.Brain, Nerves, &c.Heart, &c.Respiratory Organs.Digestive Organs.Violence, Privation, &c.All other Diseases.Males.Females.General Total.
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    TABLE 10. New Cases of Disease attended by the Poor-Law Medical Staff, during the Year 1861.
    Parish of Bethnal Green.Out-Door Districts.Workhouse.Totals.
    12345
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    TABLE 11. Synopsis of Sanitary Works, from March. 26th, 1861, to March 25th, 1862.
    ARRANGED IN WARDS.
    Wards.Houses Inspected.Drains ConstructedDrains Trapped.