London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Bethnal Green 1877

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

This page requires JavaScript

BETHNAL GREEN SANITARY DISTRICT.
TABLE II.
Shewing the Annual Birth Rate, Rate of Mortality, Death Rates among Children, and Deaths in Public Institutions
for the year 1877 and 10 years preceding.
YEAR.
Birth Rate
per 1000 of the
Population.
Annual Rate of
Mortality
per 1000 living.
Deaths of Children
under 1 year:
per centage of
Total Deaths.
Per centage of
Deaths of Children
under 1 year
to Registered
Births.
Deaths of Children
under 5 years:
per centage of
Total Deaths.
Total Number
of Deaths in
Public
Institutions.
1877
39.8
23.0
26.7
15.4
47.6
440
† 1876-7
40.7
20.9
27.8
15.3
†
430
† 1875-6
41.0
23.4
29.0
16.8
†
410
* 1874-5
40.6
27.7
27.0
16.5
†
432
* 1873-4
40.0
25.0
26.7
16.6
50.0
424
* 1872-3
41.6
20.8
‡
‡
50.7
337
* 1871-2
40.0
25.0
‡
‡
53.5
392
* 1870-1
42.5
24.0
‡
‡
50.4
363
* 1869-70
40.4
27.0
‡
‡
56.2
360
* 1868-9
40.4
24.3
‡
‡
53.2
379
* 1867-8
42.5
23.0
‡
‡
50.9
396
Average of 10 years, 1867
to 1876
40.9
241
27.6
16.3
52.1
393
NOTES.
* The figures upon which the calculations for these yer.:s are based are extracted from the annual reports of the late Dr. Sarvis, and are not
corrected for Hospital or extra Parochial deaths.
† No returns were supplied to the Sanitary Department by the Local Registrars during these years.
‡ No information.