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Bethnal Green 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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BETHNAL GREEN SANITARY DISTRICT.
TABLE II.
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878 | 39.3 | 23.0 | 26.6 | 14.5 | 48.8 | 465 |
| 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 | 357 |
| *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 |
| Average of 10 years, 1868 to 1877 | 40.7 | 23.7 | 27.4 | 16.1 | 51.6 | 398 |
NOTES.
♦The figures upon which the calculations for these years 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.