London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1863
Report of the Medical Officer of Health to the Vestry of Mile End Old Town
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| Wards. | POPULATION. | Acres. | Number of Persons to the Acre. | DEATHS, 1862. | Rate of Deaths per annum to every 1000 persons living. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By Census taken 1861. | Corrected to present time. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | TOTAL. | ||||||
| M. | F. | M.&F. | ||||||||||
| North | 15412 | 16277 | 162 | 100 | 84 | 75 | 86 | 98 | 153 | 190 | 343 | 21.4 |
| East | 9573 | 10543 | 193 | 54 | 44 | 53 | 31 | 58 | 95 | 91 | 186 | 17.6 |
| West | 14806 | 15002 | 78 | 192 | 90 | 97 | 86 | 99 | 186 | 186 | 372 | 24.7 |
| Centre | 18390 | 19350 | 135 | 143 | 100 | 109 | 114 | 119 | 213 | 229 | 442 | 22.8 |
| South | 14883 | 15653 | 113 | 136 | 102 | 75 | 66 | 96 | 185 | 154 | 339 | 21.6 |
| Workhouses | — | — | — | — | 39 | 35 | 27 | 41 | 56 | 86 | 142 | — |
| Hospital | - | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 | — |
| Total | 73064 | 76825 | 681 | — | 462 | 447 | 413 | 514 | 895 | 941 | 1836 | — |
| Rate of Deaths per annum to every 1000 persons living in Mile End Old Town | 23.9 | |||||||||||