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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 1897

Annual report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the District for the year 1897

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TABLE 3. TABLE 3—continued.

Table: RETURNS OF MORTALITY IN THE HAMLET OF MILE END OLD TOWN FOR 1897. Including the Deaths occurring in the Workhouse Infirmary and excluding the Deaths in the Jewish Home, Stepney Green; Moses Alms Houses, Devonshire Street; Trinity Alms Houses; City of London Union; The East End Mothers Home; and South Grove Workhouse. Deaths of Parishioners of Mile End old Town which occurred in Public Insti tutions outside the Hamlet, such as Hospitals, Asylums, &c. Total Deaths from all causes.

RETURNS OF MORTALITY IN THE HAMLET OF MILE END OLD TOWN FOR 1897. Including the Deaths occurring in the Workhouse Infirmary and excluding the Deaths in the Jewish Home, Stepney Green; Moses Alms Houses, Devonshire Street; Trinity Alms Houses; City of London Union; The East End Mothers Home; and South Grove Workhouse. Deaths of Parishioners of Mile End old Town which occurred in Public Insti tutions outside the Hamlet, such as Hospitals, Asylums, &c. Total Deaths from all causes.

DISEASES.AGES.AGES.AGES.
015152565015152565650161565
15l525659015152565901515256590
Smallpox......................................................
Scarlatina14...............61.........1101.........
Diphtheria1227...1...4165.........53812...1...
Membranous Croup...4.................................4............
Typhus Fever......................................................
Enteric or Typhoid Fever...21110.........125......22315...
Continued Fever......................................................
Relapsing do.......................................................
Puerperal do.............3.................................3...
Cholera......................................................
Erysipelas1............1..................1............1
Measles18371.........121.........19392.........
Whooping Cough22273............2............22293.........
Diarrhœa and Dysentery62131...531.........1...63131...63
Rheumatic Fever.........12..............................12...
Ague....................................................
Phthisis11224952122121...234251162
Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy619245746510171...11371109558568
Heart Disease3...258344......652043...81010348
Injuries1.........11...21...2...121...31
All other Diseases403711815214169432718139126446983628305195
574273395148828560743621151336343477572639318