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 1872
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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TABLE II.
| Qr. ending | Fever. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Diarrhœa. | Dysentery. | Whoop.-cough | Croup. | Erysipelas. | Rheumat. Fev. | J Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June | 5 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 91 | ||||
| September | 14 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 82 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 150 | ||||
| December | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 59 | ||||
| March | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 52 | ||||
| Totals | 32 | 20 | 38 | 18 | 7 | 90 | 6 | 83 | 33 | 10 | 7 | 352 | ||||
| Totals for 5 previous years | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | Average | 1873 | |||||||||
| 348 | 498 | 702 | 424 | 619 | 518 | 352 | ||||||||||
Annual rate of Mortality in each Ward N. E. W. C. S.
per 1000 population living 20 20.5 24.5 19.5 15