Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The eleventh annual report of the Vestry of the Hamlet Mile End Old Town in the county of Middlesex
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TABLE II.
March, 1863 | March, 1864 | March, 1865 | March, 1866 | March, 1867 | Average Four previous years. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
477 | 522 | 507 | 421 | 349 | 481 |
As I have already stated, zymotic diseases are the
best test of the sanitary condition of any place where
any large numbers of people are massed together,
hence, this table is both gratifying and interesting.
TABLE III.
Estimated Population, 1867. | All causes | Zymotic Diseases. | All causes. | Zymotic Diseases. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mile End Old Town 85,000 | 22.80 | 2.8 | 18.44 | 2.4 |
For Metropolis— | ||||
West Districts 600,000 | 22.34 | 2.56 | 17.0 | 2.08 |
North „ 710,000 | 26.71 | 4.46 | 20.0 | 3.24 |
Central „ 320,000 | 31.87 | 3.97 | 24.0 | 3.08 |
East (including M.E.O.I.) 635,000 | 26.44 | 4.0 | 20.37 | 3.2 |
South Districts 820,000 | 27.44 | 3.4 | 21.2 | .8 |
Mean of Districts | 26.96 | 3.4 | 20.51 | 2.8 |