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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 1861

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

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135, Bethnal Green Road,
May 20th, 1862.
Rev. Sir and Gentlemen,
In the following Report on Bethnal Green,
I have the honour to submit consecutively, its Population,
its Vital Statistics and Co-Relations, its Pauper Health, and
its Sanitary Operations during the year 1861.
1. Population.
Between the Censuses of 1851-61, the Population of Bethnal
Green thus progressed:—

Table: TABLE A.

TABLE A.

Sub-Districts.POPULATION.
1851.1861.Decennial Increase.Ratio per Cent.
Hackney Road239102629823889 • 98
Green2355531789823434 • 95
Church2178725528374117 • 17
Town20941214865452 • 60
Total9019310510114908

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As happened in the City and throughout London, our
"rate of increase decreased." It was less than the increase
of 1841-51, and less than the Excess of Births over Deaths.
"The Population of London increased at the rate of 1.975
per cent, annually in the 10 years 1841-51, and at the rate of
1.722 per cent. annually in the 10 years 1851-61." In
Bethnal Green the rate of increase in 1851-61 somewhat
exceeded 16, or annually 1.6 per cent.; while in 1841-51 it
was above 21, or annually over 2.1 per cent. Consequently