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Mile End 1898

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

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TABLE 1. STATISTICS AS REQUIRED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD. TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1898 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.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
At all ages.under 1year1and under 55 and under 1515 and under 2525and under6565 and upwards12345678910111213141516171819202122
Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diptheria.Membranous Croup.fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea & Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis. Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Gastro EnteritisInjuries.All other Diseases.Total.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)
Mile End Old Town19526383717677519271Under 564310286591013817449083881009
5 upwds.21213694164133181128524415943
Mile End Infirmary28225749120117Under 532522032
5 upwds.1343744331127250
City of London Union49949Under 5
5 upwds.2743649
South Grove Workhouse42933Under 5
5 upwds.118212942
Trinity Almshouses22Under 5
5 upwds.22
Jewish Homes77Under 5
5 upwds.1157
East End Mothers' Home1515Under 51515
5 upwds.
Totals23496783788086657470Under 564310286621014017949284131048
5 upwds.121313612411141732411687246241301

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 be-longing thereto.3985279363514947Under 542616342619339131
5 upwds.281023283927112136267
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto.1052085Under 5
5 upwds.13167177105