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The births exceeded the average for the previous
five years by 333. Mile End has generally maintained
an exceptionally high birth-rate. If we estimate the
average population during the previous five years at
85,000, the average number of births during that
period being 3461, would still show a birth-rate of over
40 per 1000 population.
The total deaths] for the year were 2000, against
2346 for the previous year, the average for five years,
was 2096, although occurring in a less population.
The annual death-rate in the Hamlet was 21.5 per 1000
population living, that for the whole Metropolis was 24
per 1000 population. Had the same rate of mortality
prevailed in Mile End as in the whole Metropolis, the
deaths in Mile End would have been 235 more than the
present return, or .25 per cent, upon the population.
Zymotic Diseases.
It is this class of diseases which affords the best evidence
of the value and results of sanitary measures
upon the public health.
The total number of deaths from all diseases in this
class, during the twelve months, was 424 against 702
in the previous year, and 458 the average of five previous
years. By the same Table, it will be seen that of
the four principal diseases in this class, there were 236
fatal cases during the year, whereas in the previous
year there were 400, and the average for the five previous
years was 250, and for ten previous years 251:
thus, commencing from a period when the population
of the Hamlet was 20,000 less than at present,
we have, with a much larger population, during the
last five years, had a less number of deaths from these
four principal epidemic diseases than in the previous
five years of the decennial period, the aggregate for