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 III.—
| Mortality from all causes. | Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Small Pox. | Vaccination. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Cynanche Maligna and Diphtheria. | Diarrhoœa. | Choleraic Diarrhoea. | Dysentery. | Whooping Cough. | Croup. | Erysipelas. | Rheumatic Fever. | Diseases of the Liver. | Tabes Mesenterica Atrophy and Marasmus. | Bronchitis, Pleuritis, Pneumonia. | Bronchitis and Pneumonia of Infants under 3 years. | Dentition. | Scrofulous diseases. | Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of Infants. | Dropsy. | Cancer. | Phthisis. | Hernia. | Uterine Diseases. | Diseased Heart and Large Vessels. | Apoplexy, Paralysis, and other Diseases of the Brain. | Pyaemia and Puerperal Fever. | Premature Birth and Debility from Birth. | Violence, Privation, and Poison. | Natural Decay. | Other Diseases chiefly chronic. | Syphilitic Diseases. | Diseases of Rectum and Bladder. | Fistula. |
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| 1872. 1st Quarter, ending June . | 3 | l | 14 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 37 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 53 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2nd Quarter, ending September. | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 82 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 43 | 22 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 58 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 34 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 3rd Quarter, ending December. | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 55 | 60 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 3 | 7 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 47 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 1873. 4th Quarter, ending March. | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 31 | 90 | 57 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 8 | 67 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 35 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 17 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 38 | 18 | 7 | 93 | 6 | 2 | 83 | 33 | 10 | 11 | 34 | 119 | 204 | 191 | 21 | 14 | 133 | 11 | 28 | 230 | 24 | 13 | 100 | 169 | 11 | 74 | 56 | 86 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 0 |