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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: TABLE II.Shewing the Annual Birth Rate, Rate of Mortality, Death Rate among Children, and Deaths in Public Institutions for the year1879and 10 years preceding.

TABLE II.

Shewing the Annual Birth Rate, Rate of Mortality, Death Rate among Children, and Deaths in Public Institutions for the year1879and 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.
187939.323.025.514.946.8526
187839.323.026.615.348.8465
I87739.823.026.715.447.6440
†1876-740.720.927.815.3†430
†1875-641.023.429.016.8†410
*1874-540.627.727.016.5†432
*1873-440.025.026.716.650.0424
*1872-341.620.8‡‡50.7357
*1871-240.025.0‡‡53.5392
*1870-142.524.0‡‡50.4363
*1869-7040.427.0‡‡56.2360
Average of 10 Years, 1869 to 187840.523.927.315.951.0407