Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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RETURNS OF MORTALITY IN THE
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.
DISEASES. | AGES. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 1 | 1 5 | 5 15 | 15 25 | 25 65 | 65 90 | |
Smallpox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Scarlatina | 4 | 8 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria | 5 | 43 | 7 | 1 | ... | ... |
Membranous Croup | 1 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Enteric or Typhoid Fever | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | |
Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Relapsing do. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal do. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .... |
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Erysipelas | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
Measles | 52 | 1 | ... | ... | ||
Whooping Cough | 15 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
Diarrhoea and Dysentery | 85 | 23 | 1 | ... | ... | |
Rheumatic Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Ague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Phthisis | 5 | 3 | 6 | 99 | ||
Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisv | 90 | 5 | 7 | 108 | 99 | |
Heart Disease | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 71 | 50 |
Injuries | 1 | ... | 1 | 8 | ... | |
All other Diseases | 405 | 100 | 212 | |||
352 | 52 | 502 | 390 |