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Bethnal Green 1887

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

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Analysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics of the Sanitary Districts of the Metropolis, after complete distribution of Deaths occurring in Public Institutions, during the Year1887.

Sanitary Areas.Estimated Population middle of 1887.Births.Deaths.Annual Rate per 1000 living.Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-Cough.Typhus.Enteric Fever.Simple and Undefined Fever.Diarrhoea.Deaths of Children under one year of age to 1000 Births.
Births.Deaths.Principal Zymotic Diseases.
LONDON4,216,192133,07581,11331.719.33.012,627928931431951292818587483762158
West Districts—
111,9652916177926.115.91.7188132382919..11157126
Kensington190,3573940288220.815.22.24171109444087..123121172
Hammersmith93,7982941178031.519.036337..101264452..13298156
Ful ham58,8962870143148.924.44.6269..79301930..16..95159
Chelsea99,8873211209832.321.13.5346..108241957..271109160
St. George, Hanover Sq.88,1021749142219.916.21.9164..31311323..6258157
Westminster55,9421546120027.921.53.1173..40122528..8..60186
St. James, Westminster27,84957250520.618.21.850..117315..2..12177
North Districts—
Marylebone150,4684740298831.619.92.2326..62401489..182101138
Hampstead55,629139972125.213.01.480..14111316..3..23107
St. Pancras243,1257527480531.119.82.9699..1475962204..261200165
Islington325,9079726569929.917.53.21036..33559462402387309160
Hackney231,9036589370428.516.02.3522..1145640138..402132140
Central Districts—
St. Giles40,6691216105930.026.12.7110115202321..2127165
St.Martin-in-the-Fields15,42030232319.721.02.031..5454..2110225
Strand29,70871869424.223.42.779..891019..9..24202
Holborn31,05294087630.428.32.991..249921..5..23228
Clerkenwell69,7452363154334.022.23 9269..69231757..12190171