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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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In Table No. 3 will be observed a mortality among
young children which is at first likely to strike us with
surprise. The deaths of infants, less than five years of age,
amounted to nearly one half of the mortality of the whole
population. Upon referring to past years, I find the numbers
to be so nearly alike, that it will be quite unnecessary
to search for a special cause to account for the apparent
excessive number of deaths.
TABLE III. DEATHS AT PARTICULAR AGES.
| AGES. | DEATHS. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | |
| Under 5 years | 228 | 166 | 147 | 133 | 674 |
| From 6 to 10 years | 21 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 60 |
| ,, 10 „ 15 „ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| „ 15 „ 20 „ | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| „ 20 „ 30 „ | 27 | 25 | 11 | 16 | 79 |
| „ 30 ,, 40 „ | 29 | 25 | 19 | 24 | 97 |
| „ 40 „ 50 „ | 32 | 30 | 22 | 25 | 109 |
| „ 50 ,, 60 „ | 37 | 20 | 24 | 31 | 112 |
| „ 60 „ 70„ | 51 | 37 | 31 | 38 | 157 |
| 70 and upwards | 75 | 49 | 33 | 49 | 206 |
| 514 | 384 | 305 | 330 | 1,533 | |
A great reduction is happily observable in Zymotic or
preventible disease, the greatest improvement being noticeable
in the West Ward, where, for reasons before expressed,