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 1864
Report of the Medical Officer of Health to the Vestry of Mile End Old Town
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TABLE II.
| Wards. | POPULATION. | Acres. | Numberof Persons to the Acre. | DEATHS, 1863 | Rate of Deaths per annum to every 1000 persons living. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census 1861. | Estimated. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | TOTAL. | ||||||
| M. | F. | M.&F. | ||||||||||
| North | 15412 | 16482 | 162 | 102 | 94 | 65 | 64 | 79 | 150 | 152 | 302 | 18.32 |
| East | 9573 | 13013 | 193 | 68 | 49 | 61 | 54 | 50 | 103 | 111 | 214 | 16.43 |
| West | 14806 | 14836 | 78 | 190 | 98 | 78 | 86 | 55 | 167 | 150 | 317 | 21.37 |
| Centre | 18390 | 19420 | 135 | 144 | 121 | 119 | 119 | 134 | 246 | 247 | 493 | 25.3 |
| South | 14883 | 15373 | 113 | 136 | 69 | 50 | 66 | 62 | 131 | 116 | 247 | 16. |
| Workhouses | - | - | - | - | 51 | 49 | 29 | 40 | 64 | 105 | 169 | - |
| Hospital | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - |
| Total | 73064 | 79124 | - | - | 483 | 423 | 419 | 421 | 863 | 883 | 1746 | - |
| Rate of Deaths per annum to every 1000 persons living, (including Workhouse and Jew's Hospital) | 22.19 | |||||||||||