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SUMMARY.
1885. 1886.
Estimated Population of Bethnal Green, all ages 129,055 129,895
made up as follows
Young Children, under 5 years 19,700 19,830
Persons between 5 and 60 101,820 102,480
Old People, over 60 years 7,535 7,585
Area—755 Acres. Number of Inhabited Houses 17,787 18,493
Average number of Persons to each House 7.25 7 05
(London Census, 7.8)
Average number of Persons to each Acre 171 172
(London Census, 52.5) 55.1
Total number of Deaths in the year 2,850 3,010
Total number of Births in the year 5,158 5,194
Total number of Marriages 2,532 2,437
Marriage Rate—Bethnal Green 19.62 18.76
Marriage Rate—London 16.9 16.6
Death Rate—Bethnal Green 22.08 23.45
Death Rate—London 19.8 19.9
Birth Rate—Bethnal Green 39.96 40.0
Birth Rate—London 32.6 32.3
Infantile Death Rate (on Births)—Bethnal Green 145.4 1710
Infantile Death Rate (on Births)—Loudon 148.0 159.0
Young Children's Death Rate (on estimated number of
Young Children) 61.57 76.32
Old People's Death Rate (on estimated number of Old
People) 73.91 79.36
(London, 715)
Zymotic Death Rate—Bethnal Green 3.58 3.93
Zymotic Death Rate—London 2.77 2.69
Inquest Cases 209 231
Uncertified Deaths (no Inquests held) 18 12
Uncertified Death Rate—Bethnal Green 0.14 0.09
Uncertified Death Rate - London 1.1 1.2
Deaths in Public Institutions—Bethnal Green 534 532
Violent Deaths 82 110