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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 1881
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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TABLE II.
SHOWING DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES.
| Mortality from all causes. | Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Cynanche, Maligna, Diphtheria. | Diarrhœa. | Diarrhœa of Children under five years. | Cholera. | Dysentery. | Whooping-cough. | Croup. | Erysipelas. | Rheumatic Fever. | Disease of Liver. | Tabes Mesenterica. | Bronchitis, Pleuritis, and Pneumonia. | Bronchitis, &c., under three years. | Dentition. | Scrofulous Disease. | Hydrocephalus Convulsions. | Dropsy. | Cancer. | Phthisis. | Hernia. | Uterine Diseases. | Diseases of Heart. | Apoplexy and Disease of Brain. | Pyæmiia. | Premature Birth, Debility from Birth. | Violence, Poison, Privation. | Natural Decay. | Other Diseases, chiefly chronic. | Syphilitic Diseases. | Disease of Rectum and Bladder. | Inquests. | Totals for Quarters. |
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| 1881. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st Qtr. ending June 25 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 43 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 55 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 491 |
| 2nd Qtr. ending Sept. 24 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 37 | 8 | 17 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 38 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 38 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 534 |
| 3rd Qtr.ending Dec. 31 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 73 | 90 | 8 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 65 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 45 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 45 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 626 |
| 1882 4th Qtr. ending Mar. 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 102 | 101 | 17 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 17 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 42 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 57 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 720 |
| Totals | 4 | 34 | 23 | 62 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 111 | 40 | 9 | 4 | 46 | 39 | 236 | 252 | 35 | 1 | 117 | 22 | 54 | 246 | 6 | 3 | 76 | 168 | 13 | 170 | 0 | 195 | 100 | 13 | 0 | 123 | 2371 |