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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 1879
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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TABLE IX.
AREA, POPULATION, DENSITY, AND MORTALITY IN ENGLAND AND LONDON.
| DIVISIONS. | Area in Acres. | Area in Square Miles. | Persons to a Square Mile, 1879. | Annual Rate of Mortality per 1000 Persons living. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ten Years. | Year. 1878. | 1878.—Quarters ending. | 1879.—Quarters ending. | |||||||||||
| 1851-60 | 1861-70 | Mar. | June. | Sept. | Dec. | Mar. | June. | Sept. | Dec. | |||||
| ENGLAND | 37,319,221 | 58,311 | 390 | 22.2 | 22.4 | 21.7 | 22.8 | 20.8 | 20.6 | 22.6 | 25.2 | 21.1 | 16.4 | 21.4 |
| LONDON | 75,362 | 118 | 27,578 | 23.6 | 24.3 | 23.4 | 25.6 | 22.5 | 22.1 | 23.7 | 27.1 | 22.4 | 18.4 | 24.9 |