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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 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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1879. The births and deaths are tabulated below:—
TABLE B.
| 1877. | 1878. | |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated population in the middle of the year. | 129,600 | 132,000 |
| Total Births | 5,169 | 5,195 |
| Total Deaths | 2,989 | 3,040 |
| Excess of Births over Deaths, shewing the natural increase of the population. | 2,180 | 2,155 |
ANNUAL DEATH RATE.
Calculating from the figures in the preceding table,
we get an annual death rate for the year 1878 of 23.0
per thousand, against a precisely similar rate last year,
the corresponding rate for all London being 21.9 in
1877 and 23.5 in 1878. The subjoined table compares
the mortality rates for this parish and for all London
by quarters; the quarterly rate for Bethnal Green is
calculated by multiplying the number of deaths by 4,
and adding on a relative proportion of the extra
parochial hospital deaths:—
TABLE C.
| London. | Bethnal Green | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| March Quarter | 25.6 | 23.07 | |
| June „ | 22.5 | 21.00 | |
| September ,, | 22.1 | 22.10 | |
| December ,, | 23.7 | 24.13 | |