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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 1893
Annual report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the District for the year 1893
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TABLE: Showing the Death-Rate per 1000 persons living, from the undermentioned causes in London, the Eastern Districts, and Mile End Old Town, during the year 1893.
| DEATHS. | Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births registered. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus. | Enteric Fever. | Simple and Ill-Defined Fever. | Diarrhœa. | ||
| London | 20.8 | 3.0 | .004 | .3 | .3 | .7 | .5 | .001 | .1 | .004 | .7 | 164 |
| Eastern Districts | 23.0 | 3.7 | .06 | .5 | .4 | .9 | .5 | .2 | 1.1 | 181 | ||
| Mile End Old Town | 22.8 | 3.6 | .07 | .3 | .3 | .7 | .4 | .2 | 1.1 | 150 | ||