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 1862
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 1000 persons living. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | total. | |||||||
| M. | F. | M.&F. | |||||||||
| North | 15412 | 162 | 95 | 77 | 62 | 65 | 89 | 133 | 160 | 293 | 19 |
| East | 9573 | 193 | 49 | 29 | 41 | 50 | 41 | 78 | 83 | 161 | 16.8 |
| West | 14806 | 78 | 180 | 76 | 89 | 84 | 89 | 157 | 181 | 338 | 24 |
| Centre | 18390 | 135 | 136 | 82 | 89 | 86 | 72 | 153 | 176 | 329 | 18 |
| South | 14883 | 113 | 131 | 103 | 67 | 60 | 86 | 153 | 163 | 316 | 21.2 |
| Workhouses | — | — | — | 39 | 29 | 22 | 23 | 50 | 63 | 113 | — |
| Hospital | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 6 | — |
| Total | 73064 | 681 | — | 408 | 380 | 368 | 400 | 726 | 830 | 1556 | — |
| Rate of Deaths per annum to every 1,000 persons living in the whole Hamlet 21 | |||||||||||