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100 that died, 183 infants were born, and to every 257 living
there was a birth. In 1841 the ratio of births was to persons
1 in 28, and in 1851, 1 to 25.4. For all England and London
daring 1861, there was 1 birth to every 29.
The summary of the Deaths registered in Bethnal Green
in 1861 amounted to 2225; the summary in London to 65,001.
In our District the Causes were Certified in 2196 instances,
while 29 Deaths were either Uncertified or no Medical
Attendant was called. 1135 were of the Male and 1090 of
the Female sex. Of these 2225 Deaths, 662 occurred in
January, February and March. Though the mortality was
high, it did not, like that of London, exceed the first Quarter
of 1860, but was less by 51. "The temperature of January
was excessively low, while the temperature of February and
March was above the average." During April, May and
June, when the temperature was "0.4° below the average for
the same three months in 90 years" the deaths were, as in
London, in excess of the same period of the previous year.
Our majority was 16. So likewise for July, August and September,
when "London enjoyed fine weather" the balance
was 61 against us, and 2000 against all London too. In
October, November and December, when "the weather was
generally mild," the comparison with the like time of the
former year showed a greater fatality both in London and
Bethnal Green. The relative proportions of the Deaths in
each, with the meteorology at Greenwich, form in the Appendix
Table 1. Our loss of life was smallest in the Spring, it
advanced in the Summer, became higher in the Autumn, and
attained its maximum in the Winter.
Table 2 distinguishes the fatality of the several causes
under 5 years, next on to 20, and thence through every 20
years. It also compares each cause with its equivalent in
1860, and points out the differences between the two years.
Thus, in 1861, the loss from Epidemics is seen to have