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Mile End 1893

Annual report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the District for the year 1893

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Table: RETURNS OF MORTALITY IN THE HAMLET OF MILE END OLD TOWN. Including the Deaths occurring in the Workhouse Infirmary and excluding the Deaths in the Jewish Home, Stepney Green; Moses Alms Houses, Devonshire Street; Trinity Alms Houses; City of London Union; The East End Mothers Home; and South Grove Workhouse. Deaths of Parishioners of Mile End Old Town which occurred in Public Institutions outside the Hamlet, such as Hospitals, Asylums, etc.

RETURNS OF MORTALITY IN THE HAMLET OF MILE END OLD TOWN. Including the Deaths occurring in the Workhouse Infirmary and excluding the Deaths in the Jewish Home, Stepney Green; Moses Alms Houses, Devonshire Street; Trinity Alms Houses; City of London Union; The East End Mothers Home; and South Grove Workhouse. Deaths of Parishioners of Mile End Old Town which occurred in Public Institutions outside the Hamlet, such as Hospitals, Asylums, etc.

DISEASES.Quarter ending April 1, 1893 AGES.Quarter ending June 30, 1893. AGES.Quarter ending Sept. 30, 1893. AGES.Quarter ending Dec. 30, 1893. AGES.Quarter ending April 1, 1893. AGES.Quarter ending June 30, 1893 AGES.Quarter ending Sept. 30, 1893. AGES.Quarter ending Dec. 30, 1893. AGES.Totals. AGES.
under 1 year1 55 1515 2525 6565 & upwd.under 1 year1 55 1515 2525 6565 & upwd.under 1 year1 55 1515 2525 6565 & upwd.under 1 year1 55 1515 2525 6565 & upwd.under 1 year1 55 1515 2525 6565 & upwd.under 1 year1 55 1515 2525 6565 upwd.under 1 year1 55 1515 2525 6565 & upwd.under 1 year1 55 1515 2525 6565 & upwd.under 1 year1 55 1515 2525 6565 & upwd.
Small Pox...........................................................................1...............21.........2.........1.........1.........232...1...
Measles...5............12............22............54...................................................1......1.....................814......1...
Scarlatina...2............3621......131...1...133............21............3...............4...............23.........5251011...
Typhus Fever..................................................................................................................................................................
Enteric Fever...1...11.........2...1.........2...31...11...3...........................12............132.........1...3......286131
Puerperal..............................1...............1.........................................................................................................2...
Diphtheria1441......35312...152.........193............71............53............311.........41.........6421832...
Whooping Cough431.........46...1......42............37....................................................................................151811......
Erysipelas..................2......12.....................31......22..............................1...1...........................2...61...172
Diarrhœa..................18.........2...4981...3233...1...1..................1...............1.........1.....................72111163
Rheumatic Fever.........11..............................11.........1...21..............................................................................1241
Cholera..................................................................................................................................................................
Other Diseases71236739759815611485214830265744961968536734161513544197521...2056212248432992741265271
Phthisis2...18405...2...6222......143242219344...112...2...3...32......41...5............16...41253314117
Ague.....................................................................3.......................................................................................3...
Injuries43......22...1...12...421...9121......11...5...23...12323......4......21...2......1...112045235
Bronchitis2215...64546218255344915111616413047403621...273273...7213......2...341...21101831121172148
Croup...3............121.........2..................11..................................................................2............382.........
Heart Disease.........21216......121312............103......422017......1...3......21...1......1......11.........17......3776749
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