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Bethnal Green 1877
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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TABLE B.
| 1876. | 1877. | |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated population in the middle of the year | 128,100 | 129,600 |
| Total Births | 5.299 | 5,169 |
| Total Deaths | 2,923 | 2,989 |
| Excess of Births over Deaths, shewing the natural increase of the population | 2,376 | 2,180 |
In addition to the deaths registered in this Parish, I find upon
enquiry that forty-one deaths from Small Pox, and ten deaths from
Fevers of various kinds occurred in the Asylums' Board Hospitals
amongst patients removed from this Parish, thus raising the number
of deaths from Zymotic diseases to 572. This gives a Zymotic death
rate of 4.4 per thousand, against 3.5 for all London.
The Zymotic rate, excluding the Hospital deaths, was 4.0, against
a similarly uncorrected rate of 3.4 for last year.
For the following return I am indebted to the courtesy of
W. F. Jebb, Esq., the Clerk to the Board of Management of the
Metropolitan Asylums' District.
TABLE E.
METROPOLITAN ASYLUM DISTRICT.
Number of patients admitted into the Hospitals of the Managers from the Parish
of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green, during the year 1877; also, the number of Deaths
during the same period.
Name of Hospital where admitted.
Number
admitted.
Number of
Deaths.
Fever Cases—
Stockwell Fever Hospital
32
5
Homerton ,,
18
5
50
10
Small-pox Cases—
Homerton Small-pox Hospital
180
29
Homerton Fever Hospital
50
12
(During time Hospital was opened for Smallpox.)
230
41