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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 1898

Annual report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the District for the year 1898

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Table: TABLE 3. Shewing the Death-rate per 1000 persons living, from the undermentioned causes in London, the Eastern Districts of London, and Mile End Old Town, 1894 to 1898.

TABLE 3. Shewing the Death-rate per 1000 persons living, from the undermentioned causes in London, the Eastern Districts of London, and Mile End Old Town, 1894 to 1898.

LONDON.EASTERN DISTRICTS.MILE END OLD TOWN.
1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.Average for the Five Years.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.Average for the Five Years.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.Average for theFive Years.
Principal Zymotic Diseases2.62.63.12.52.72.73.54.03.63.23.53.54.03.93.62.63.53.5
Small Pox ....02.01.002....01.03.01....7.......03...............
Measles.7.6.8.4.6.61.11.1.9.1.8.81.11.0.7.5.8.8
Scarlet Fever.2.2.2. I.1.1.2.2.2.6.1.2.3.2.3.1.2
Diphtheria ....6.6.5.3.3.4.8.7.6.4.4.5.71.0.8.5.5.7
Whooping Cough ....4.3.6.4.4.4.6.4.8.9.8.7.6.4.7.4.6.5
Typhoid Fever.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1
Diarrhoea.4.8.7.9.9.7.51.0.91.51.21.0.61.0.8.71.2.8
Deaths from all causes17.419.4i8.217.718.3i8.121.824.321.721.922.022.321.122.519.918.719.920.4
Deaths under one year to 1000 Births registered142165160158166158161180164173181171155165157149155156