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Bethnal Green 1880

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]

Published
1881
Pages
108
Tables
46

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    Taking equal area the population since 1801 are as follow
    Year.Population.
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    The districts north of the Thames now have a population of 2,548,993, the number in 1871 having been 2,286,568. The increase is therefore 262,425, and the decennial rate of increase nearly 12 per cent. These returns are set out in the following table:—
    District.Population, 1871.Population, 1881.
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    London, south of the Thames, now has a population of 1,265,578, against 967,692 in 1871; hence the increase of population is 297,886, and the decennial rate nearly 31 per cent., which is not far from three time3 as high as that for North London. These returns are thus epitomised:—
    District.Population, 1871.Population, 1881.
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    TABLE A. Number of Houses, Workshops, &c., in the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green.
    DIVISIONS.COLLECTORS.Inhabited houses.Workshops separate from houses.Saw mills and timber yards.Schools.REMARKS.
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    TABLE B.
    1879.1880.
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    TABLE C.
    London.Bethnal Green.
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    TABLE D.
    1879.1880.
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    Report of cases admitted into the Small Pox and Fever Hospitals during the year 1880.
    HOMERTON FEVER HOSPITAL.
    No. of Cases remaining at end of 1879.No. of Cases Admitted.Discharged.Died.No. of Cases remaining at end of 1880.
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    TABLE F.
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    TABLE H. Pulmonary Deaths, exclusive of Phthisis.
    Quarter ending.Children under five years.Persons from five to fifty-five.Persons above fifty-five.Total.Mean Temperature.Rainfall in inches.
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    WORKHOUSE INFIRMARY.
    New Cases.Deaths.
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    MILDMAY MISSION HOSPITAL. Cases treated in the Mildmay Mission Hospital from January 1st to December 30th, 1880 :—
    Cured.Relieved.Unrelieved.Dead.Under Treatment.Total.
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    Parishes not Having a Disinfecting Apparatus
    Medical Officer of Health.Parish.Method of Disinfection.Method of dealing with infected articles not worth disinfecting.REMARKS.
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    Parishes either in Possession of Disinfecting Apparatus, or having the use of one.
    Medical Officer of Health.Parish.Description of Apparatus.Method of dealing with infected articles not worth sending to apparatus.REMARKS
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    From the following tabular statement it will be seen that during the year 1880 forty-one samples of articles used as food have been analysed:—
    Articles submitted for Analysis.Result of Analysis, showing whether the sample was genuine or adulterated, and, if adulterated, what was the nature and extent of the adulteration.OBSERVATIONS.
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    TABLE I. Shewing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Births, Deaths and Marriages for the year 1880 and 10 years preceding. GROSS NUMBERS.
    YEAR.Population estimated at the middle of the year.*No. of Inhabited Houses in Parish or District.Births.Deaths.**Marriages
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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 1880 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: percentage of Total Deaths.Percentage of Deaths of Children under 1 year to Registered Births.Deaths of Children under 5 years: percentage of Total Deaths.Total Number of Deaths in Public Institutions.
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    BETHNAL GREEN SANITARY DISTRICT. TABLE III. DEATHS REGISTERED AT SEVERAL GROUPS OF AGES FROM DIFFERENT CAUSES DURING THE YEAR 1880 . Note .—The Deaths in Public Institutions of non.Residents are excluded.
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 3 months.AGES.Total.
    0 to 11 to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 and upwards.Total under 5 years
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    TABLE III. (continued).
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 3 months.AGES.Total.
    0 to 11 to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 and upwards.Total under 5 years
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    TABLE III. (continued).
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 3 months.AGES.Total.
    0 to 11 to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 and upwards.Total under 5 years
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    TABLE III. (continued).
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 3 months.AGES.Total.
    0 to 11 to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 and upwards.Total under 5 years
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    TABLE III. (continued).
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 3 months.AGES.Total.
    0 to 11 to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 and upwards.Total under 5 years
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    TABLE IV. Shelving the Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportions to Population, and to 1000 Deaths, 1880.
    DIVISION I. (Adults).Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Population (all ages).Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths (all ages).
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    BETHNAL GREEN SANITARY DISTRICT. TABLE IV. (A) . Total Births and Deaths, and Deaths from some Zymotic and other Causes. Fever , Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Diarrhoea, Violence, &c., registered in the Four Sub.Districts of Bethnal Green.
    Quarter ending.Area in Statute Acres.Enumerated Population of 1871.Total Births during each Quarter.Total Deaths during each Quarter.THE DEATHS REGISTERED IN EACH QUARTER INCLUDE:
    death8 ofdeaths fromInquest Cases.Deaths in Public Institutions.
    Infants under 1 yr. of age.Persons aged 60 yrs. and upwards.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhoea.Cholera.Violence.
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    TABLE IV. (a) continued.
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    TABLE IV (B). TOTAL MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS, AND DEATHS FROM SOME ZYMOTIC AND OTHER CAUSES, BY QUARTERS.
    QUARTER ENDING.Marriages.Total Births during each Quarter.Total Deaths during each Quarter.THE DEATHS REGISTERED IN EACH QUARTER INCLUDE :
    Deaths ofDeaths fromInquest Cases.Deaths in Public Institutions.
    Infants under 1 year of age.Persons aged 60 yrs. and upwards.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhoea.Cholera.Violence.
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    TABLE IV. (c). TOTAL BIRTHS AND DEATHS, AND DEATHS FROM SOME ZYMOTIC AND OTHER CAUSES, IN LONDON DURING THE YEAR 1880. Estimated Population in the middle of the year 1880.
    QUARTER ENDING.Total Births during the Quarter.Total Deaths during the Quarter.THE DEATHS REGISTERED IN EACH QUARTER INCLUDE:
    deaths ofdeaths fromInquest Cases.Deaths in Public Institutions.
    Infants under 1 year of age.Persons aged 60 yrs. and upwards.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhoea.Violence.
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    TABLE V. Shewing the number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, inclusive of Hospital Deaths, in the 10 years 1870 to 1879, and in the year 1880.
    DISEASE.1870187118721873187418751876187718781879Annual Average of 10 years, 1870—1879.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 yrs., 1870—1879.1880Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1880.
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    TABLE VI. INSPECTORS' REPORT OF THE SANITARY WORK, &c., Completed in the year ending December 31st, 1880.
    Districts.Total.
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    TABLE VII. VACCINATION.— Return for the year , 1880.
    REGISTRATION SUB-DISTRICTS COMPRISED IN THE VACCINATION OFFICER'S DISTRICT.Births.Successfully Vaccinated.Died before the period of Vaccination.Postponed by Medical Certificate.Insusceptible of Vaccination.Had Small Pox before the period of Vaccination.Removed to Districts, the Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprized.Not known, and removed to places which cannot be reached.Default.
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    TABLE VIII. ANALYSIS OP THE MORTALITY IN LONDON DURING THE YEAR 1880.
    QUARTER ENDING.Annual Rate of Mortality per 1000 living, at all ages.Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births Registered.Annual Rate of Mortality per 1000 living.Per.centage to Total Deaths of Deaths Registered.
    All Causes.Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases.Violence.Aged 1 to 60 years.Aged 60 years and upwards.Upon Certificate of the Coroner (Inquests).In large Public Institutions.
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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, 1871.Annual Rate of Mortality per 1000 Persons living in
    Ten Years.Year 1879.1879.—Quarters ending.1880.—Quarters ending.
    1851.601861.70Mar.June.Sept.Dec.Mar.June.Sept.Dec.
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    GENERAL RATE.
    RECEIPTS.PAYMENTS.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    SEWERS RATES.
    RECEIPTS.PAYMENTS.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    METROPOLITAN CONSOLIDATED RATE.
    RECEIPTS.PAYMENTS.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    SUMMARY.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    MONEYS DUE TO, AND DEBTS OWING BY, THE VESTRY ON THE 25 TH MARCH, 1881.
    MONEYS DUE TO.MONEYS OWING BY.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    CONTRACTS
    Date.WithFoe
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    REDEMPTION OF MORTGAGES GRANTED BY LATE PAYING COMMISSIONERS.
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    The following is a revised list of charges by the Gas Light and Coke Company:—
    Size of Light—Feet per hour.Description.Number of lighting hours per annum.Total.
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    The paving works referred to in my previous report have been satisfactorily carried out by Mr. Griffiths. I give hereunder a list of the streets paved, and the cost of executing the work:—
    Name of Street.Material used.Cost.
    £s.d.
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    I give below some particulars of the work done for the various Companies: —
    Date.CARRIAGEWAYS.FOOTWAYS.Amounts paid.
    Grouted and Concrete.Relaid and Grouted.Macadam.Pebbles.Relaid.New.Curb.
    Yds.Feet.Yds:Feet.Yds.Feet.Yds.Feet.Feet.In.Ft.In.Ft.1 n.£s.d.
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    Amount paid by Gas Company for men's time filling in Trenches: —
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    Orders have been issued by the Metropolitan Board of Works for altering the names and numbers of houses in the following streets: —
    Name Abolished.New Name.No. of Houses.