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Mile End 1857
Report of the Medical Officer of Health to the Vestry of Mile End Old Town
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MORTALITY RETURNS, WITH BIRTHS.
| Births during the Quarter ending March 28th, 1857 | 736 |
| Deaths „ „ | 420 |
| Excess of births over deaths | 316 |
TABLE I.
DEATHS.
| WARD. | Population | DEATHS During Quarter ending March 28, 1857. | Numberof Personsto Acre. | Rate per 1000 per annum. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ( estimated.) | Males. | Females. | Total. | |||
| North | 12,188 | 40 | 38 | 78 | 75 | 25.6 |
| East | 7,262 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 37 | 23.7 |
| West | 11,712 | 44 | 52 | 96 | 150 | 32.1 |
| Centre | 16,775 | 36 | 53 | 89 | 124 | 21.2 |
| South | 13,511 | 34 | 43 | 77 | 119 | 22.8 |
| Workhouse | — | 31 | 3 | 34 | — | — |
| Hospitals (Jews') | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Total | 420 | |||||
The calculations are made on the estimated population of last
year. If the exact number of the Ward population could be
procured, it is probable that a slight difference would be found
in the last column; I think it would show a rather more
favourable rate. But the comparative rate of death in the five
Wards would remain nearly the same.
The average rate per annum of the whole Hamlet, for the
Quarter, is 25 deaths to 1000 living persons,—that for all
London, in the same period, nearly 23 in the 1000 (22.920).