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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 1880
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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TABLE I.
Births and Deaths for each Quarter, commencing April, 1880, and
ending March, 1881.
Quarter ending—
June, 1880.
September, 1880.
Total
Births.
Total
Deaths.
Male.
Female.
Total.
Male.
Female.
Total.
Births
516
513
1029
487
509
996
2025
Deaths
254
252
506
258
268
526
1032
Quarter ending-
December, 1880.
March, 1881.
Births
488
497
985
550
557
1107
2029
Deaths
270
312
582
333
329
662
......
1244
Total four Quarters
4117
2276
Birth-rate per 1,000 population, Mile End 37.42
Ditto ditto ditto Metropolis 36.2
Excess of births over deaths in Mile End 18.41
Death-rate per 1,000 population, Mile End 20.69
Ditto ditto ditto Metropolis 22.2
Number of Inquests during the year 138