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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

Mile End 1858

Report of the Medical Officer of Health to the Vestry of Mile End Old Town

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Measles and Scarlatina have both been long prevalent,
though not so severe in their type as to make a corresponding
appearance in the preceding Table. Diarrhoea has caused
more deaths than any other disease. It is remarkable that
Pulmonary Consumption has been less fatal, while Inflammations
of the respiratory organs have destroyed a large number.
To continue the returns to Lady-day, in accordance with
the clause in the statute before mentioned, I have added the
Quarterly Summary for the first quarter of the present year.

Table: QUARTERLY SUMMARY OF THE MORTALITY RETURNS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 27, 1858.

QUARTERLY SUMMARY OF THE MORTALITY RETURNS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 27, 1858.

Births701
Deaths435
Excess of Births266
Of the deaths, 202 were males, and 233 females.

Table: DEATHS IN WARDS.

DEATHS IN WARDS.

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The Weekly Average of Deaths was, in 1858, (1857)
January . . 35.2 (33. )
February . . 30.25 (32. )
March . . 34.25 (31.75)
The weekly average of the first quarter of the present year
is actually higher than that of the first quarter of last year; but
The Hospitals are the two Jews' Hospitals, which are more properly
Asylums for aged persons.