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Mile End 1880
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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Table III.—Deaths from eight infectious diseases for each Quarter, commencing April, 1880, and ending March, 1881.
Quarter ending
Small-pox.
Measles.
Scarlet
Fever.
Dphtheria.
Whooping
Cough.
Fever.
Diarrhoea.
Cholera.
Totals.
June, 1880
4
3
18
2
17
0
7
0
51
Sept. „
1
6
33
3
13
0
68
0
124
Dec. „
3
23
31
8
16
2
19
0
102
March, 1881
5
-
33
12
4
34
0
3
0
91
Total for four Quarters
13
65
94
17
80
2
97
0
368
Annual rate per 1000 population in Mile End Town 3.34 Annual rate per 1000 population for whole Metropolis
Table IV.—Showing Deaths at various ages during the four Quarters.
Quarter ending
0 to 1
year.
1 to 5
years.
5 to 10
years.
10tol5
years.
15 to20
years.
20to30 30to40 40to50
years, years, years.
50to60
years.
60to70
years.
70 and
upwds
Totals
for Qtrs.
Greatst.age
at death
during
each Qtr.
June, 1880
123
90
17
4
8
33
32
35
36
62
66
506
87,86,95
Sept. „
177
80
28
6
12
17
26
44
33
43
60
526
90,89,90
Dec. ,,
143
145
28
3
4
32
34
36
43
45
69
582
92,95,85
March, 1881
206
125
11
4
7
22
43
47
53
59
85
662
90,97,95
Totals
649
440
84
17
31
104
135
162
165
209
280
2276