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BETHNAL GREEN SANITARY DISTRICT.
TABLE II.
Shewing the Annual Birth Rate, Rate of Mortality, Death Rate among Children, and Deaths in Public Institutions
for the year 1879 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.
1879
39.3
23.0
25.5
14.9
46.8
526
1878
39.3
23.0
26.6
15.3
48.8
465
I877
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
Average of 10 Years, 1869 to
1878
40.5
23.9
27.3
15.9
51.0
407
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. 4
‡ No information.