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 1871
The fifteenth annual report of the Vestry of the Hamlet Mile End Old Town in the county of Middlesex
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TABLE II. Deaths from Zymotic Diseases in each Quarter.
| Qr. ending | Fever. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Diarrhœa. | Cholera. | Whoop.-cough | Croup. | Erysipelas. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June | 7 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 40 |
| September | 16 | 11 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 143 |
| December | 11 | 37 | 9 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 130 |
| March | 5 | 36 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 111 |
| Totals | 39 | 88 | 16 | 93 | 8 | 88 | 1 | 44 | 21 | 26 | 424 |
| Totals for 5 previous years | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 | Average | 1871 | ||||
| 421 | 420 | 348 | 498 | 702 | 438.8 | 424 | |||||