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.
Shelving the Annual Birth Rate, Rate of Mortality, Death Rate among Children, and Deaths in Public Institutions
for the year 1885, 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:
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.
1885
39.96
22.08
26.31
14.54
42.56
534
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
20.58
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
1884
41.62
22.87
28.6
15.7
50.6
512
Average of 10 years, 1875 to 1884
41.70
23.52
27.93
15.81
50.03
477.2