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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 1.
STATISTICS AS REQUIRED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD.
TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1897, in the Sanitary District of Mile End Old Town, classified according to DISEASES, AGES and LOCALITIES.
| Names of Localites adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. | Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages. | (i) | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| At all ages. | under 1 year | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diptheria. | Membranous Croup. | fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhœa & Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total. | ||||||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mile End Old Town | 1492 | 564 | 270 | 37 | 40 | 396 | 185 | Under 5 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 49 | 69 | 2 | 152 | 3 | 1 | 469 | 834 | ||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 94 | 114 | 96 | 2 | 315 | 658 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mile End Infirmary | 227 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 92 | 107 | Under 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | I | 1 | 2 | 30 | 35 | 38 | 105 | 212 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| City of London Union | 40 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 24 | Under 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 5 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Grove Workhouse | 39 | 9 | 30 | Under 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 5 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trinity Almshouses | 4 | 4 | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moses' Almshouses | 5 upwds. | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jews' Hospital | 6 | 6 | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East End Mothers' Home | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | Under 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1815 | 583 | 275 | 40 | 54 | 507 | 356 | Under 5 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 49 | 75 | 2 | 158 | 3 | 1 | 480 | 858 | ||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 134 | 159 | 147 | 2 | 474 | 957 | ||||||||||||||||
| The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto. | 375 | 60 | 74 | 36 | 21 | 151 | 33 | Under 5 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 70 | 134 | ||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 35 | 3 | 148 | 241 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto. | 105 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 71 | Under 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 58 | 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||