Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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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 1884, and ten 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.
1884
41.62
22.87
28.6
15.7
50.6
512
1874
42.10
25.67
27 37
16.69
45.84
432
1875
42.71
24.55
28.97
16.65
48.18
410
1876
42.57
21.92
30.04
15.47
53.37
430
1877
41.53
23.19
27.68
15.46
49.48
440
1878
41.52
23.66
26.58
15.15
48.16
465
† 1879
42.07
24.02
25.94
14.94
47.59
526
† 1880
41.12
22.80
29.48
16.34
50.85
472
† 1881
41.24
24.05
26.29
15.33
49.25
515
*1882
41.16
24.23
27.99
16.85
51.58
486
*1883
41.37
23.93
27.77
16.24
51.30
516
Average of 10 years, 1874 to
1883
41.73
23.80
27.81
15.91
49.56
4692
* 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.