London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1861
Report of the Medical Officer of Health to the Vestry of Mile End Old Town
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TABLE II.
| Wards. | Population.(Census 1861.) | Acres. | Numberof Persons to the Acre. | DEATHS, 1860. | Rate of Deaths per annum to every 1,000 persons living. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | TOTAL. | |||||||
| M. | F. | M.&F. | |||||||||
| North | 15,412 | 162 | 95 | 95 | 90 | 63 | 52 | 168 | 132 | 300 | 19.46 |
| East | 9,573 | 193 | 49 | 52 | 42 | 36 | 41 | 74 | 97 | 171 | 17.86 |
| West | 14,806 | 78 | 180 | 107 | 73 | 60 | 67 | 136 | 171 | 307 | 20.73 |
| Centre | 18,390 | 135 | 136 | 102 | 68 | 73 | 86 | 162 | 167 | 329 | 17.89 |
| South | 14,883 | 113 | 131 | 125 | 88 | 53 | 55 | 158 | 163 | 321 | 21.56 |
| Workhouses | — | — | — | 29 | 23 | 19 | 28 | 40 | 59 | 99 | — |
| Hospital | — | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | — |
| Total. | 73,064 | 681 | — | 514 | 384 | 305 | 330 | 740 | 793 | 1,533 | — |
| Rate of Deaths per annum to every 1,000 persons living in the whole Hamlet | 20.9 | ||||||||||