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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 1885

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

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Table: TABLE II.Shelving the Annual Birth Rate, Rate of Mortality, Death Rate among Children, and Deaths in Public Institutionsfor the year 1885, and ten years preceding.

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.
188539.9622.0826.3114.5442.56534
187542.7124.5528.9716.6548.18410
187642.5721.9230.0415.4753.37430
187741.5323.1927.6815.4649.48440
187841.5223.6620.5815.1548.16465
187942.0724.0225.9414.9447.59526
188041.1222.8029.4816.3450.85472
188141.2424.0526.2915.3349.25515
188241.1624.2327.9916.8551.58486
188341.3723.9327.7716.2451.30516
188441.6222.8728.615.750.6512
Average of 10 years, 1875 to 188441.7023.5227.9315.8150.03477.2