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 1870
The fourteenth annual report of the Vestry of the Hamlet Mile End Old Town in the county of Middlesex
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TABLE III.
Showing the Deaths from Four Epidemic Diseases for each Quarter during 1869-70, and for corresponding Quarters of 10 previous Years.
| 1859—60. | Total 4 Qrs. | 1860—1. | Total Qrs. | 1861—2. | Total4 Qrs. | 1862—3. | Total 4 Qrs. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr. | 4th Qr. | 1st Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr. | 4th Qr. | 1st Qr. | 2ndQr. | 3rd Qr. | 4thQr. | 1stQr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr. | 4 th Qr. | ||||||
| Fever | 15 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 56 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 40 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 34 | 81 | 35 | 29 | 35 | 26 | 125 | |
| Small-pox | 9 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | |
| Measles | 7 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 48 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 54 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 29 | 45 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 89 | |
| Scarlatina | 14 | 30 | 53 | 16 | 113 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 75 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 23 | 72 | |
| Totals | 45 | 52 | 105 | 50 | 252 | 52 | 35 | 42 | 21 | 150 | 29 | 34 | 47 | 83 | 193 | 86 | 74 | 78 | 59 | 297 | |
| 1863—4. | Total 4 Qrs. | 1864—5. | Total. 4 Qrs. | 1865—6. | Total 4 Qrs. | 1866—7. | Total 4 Qrs. | ||||||||||||||
| 1st Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr. | 4th Qr. | 1st Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr. | 4th Qr. | 1st Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr. | 4th Qr. | 1st Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr. | 4th Qr. | ||||||
| Fever | 29 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 99 | 12 | 26 | 30 | 17 | 85 | 19 | 22 | 29 | 12 | 82 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 13 | 60 | |
| Small-pox | 22 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 44 | |
| Measles | 89 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 41 | 51 | 20 | 6 | 1.18 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 58 | |
| Scarlatina | 34 | 53 | 44 | 36 | 167 | 13 | 25 | 48 | 11 | 97 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 37 | 95 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 56 | |
| Totals | 174 | 96 | 73 | 62 | 319 | 68 | 104 | 99 | 34 | 305 | 28 | 49 | 73 | 71 | 221 | 66 | 56 | 54 | 42 | 218 | |
| 1867- 8. | Total. 4 Qrs. | 1868—9. | Total. 4 Qrs. | 1869—70. | Total. 4 Qrs. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr | 4th Qr. | 1st Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr, | 4th Qr. | 1st Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr. | 4th Qr. | ||||||||||
| Fever | 11 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 59 | 16 | 26 | 32 | 21 | 95 | 17 | 14 | 23 | 25 | 79 | ||||||
| Small-pox | 13 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 43 | ||||||
| Mearsles | 4 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 38 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 62 | ||||||
| Scalatina | 7 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 10 | 19 | 60 | 37 | 126 | 33 | 47 | 94 | 42 | 216 | ||||||
| Total | 35 | 29 | 50 | 44 | 158 | 40 | 53 | 94 | 67 | 254 | 73 | 88 | 154 | 85 | 400 | ||||||