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Mile End 1863

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

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health within the limits under the supervision of the
Vestry.
We must also add something to the average on account
of the influx of inhabitants consequent on building, and,
perhaps, certain manufacturing operations. And it is to be
hoped that, by careful attention to, and adoption of sanitary
measures, we shall be able to show, in another year, a
mortality return which will place us in a better—indeed, in
our own—position, which I believe to be above, and not
below the average of the metropolitan districts.

TABLE III.WEEKLY AVERAGES OF MORTALITY.

Weekly Average Number of Deaths.1857.1858.1859.1860.1861.1862.
January3335.231.84137.7535.25
February3230.2527.54026.536
March31.7534.2530.253830.235.4
April2831.528.4343045
May24.C22.224.2529.253427.4
June26.524.252226.224.832.2
July33.527.23621.531.2528.25
August33.0229.7531.52427.232.4
September28.523.752424.626.7534.5
October27.42625.221.7529.536.25
November28.753525.223.522.443.6
December29.2530.537.227.43037.75
Annual Weekly Average.29.529.0328.429.3529.8335.3