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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

Stepney 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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149 belonged to Mile End Old Town, or a : the rate of 1.34 per 1,000 of the
population.
133 belonged to the Whitechapel District or at the rate of 2.00 per 1,000
of the population.

Table: Number of deaths from Consumption from 1901 to 1911:—

Number of deaths from Consumption from 1901 to 1911:—

Limehouse District.St. George's.Mile End.Whitechapel.Whole Borough.
1901125186107203626
1902130105168173576
1903123122189193627
1904143119229198689
190598117171187573
190611694178138526
19079890141153482
19089879154163494
190993102146180521
19107480146110410
191110969177126481
19127477149133433

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Other Tuberculous Diseases.
105 deaths occurred from Tuberculous Diseases other than Phthisis, or 61 less
than in the previous year. This corresponds to a death rate of .37 per 1,000 of the
population.
29 belonged to the Limehouse District, or at the rate of .54 per 1,000 of
the population.
15 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, or at the rate of .32 per 1,000 of
the population.
39 belonged to Mile End Old Town, or at the rate of .35 per 1,000 of the
population.
22 belonged to the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of .33 per 1,000
of the population.