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Mile End 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]

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Table: RETURNS OF MORTALITY IN THE HAMLET OF MILE END OLD TOWN FOR 1896.

RETURNS OF MORTALITY IN THE HAMLET OF MILE END OLD TOWN FOR 1896.

DISEASES.AGES.AGES.AGES.
015152565015152565015152565
151525659015152565901515256590
Smallpox......................................................
Scarlatina...134.........31251......32591......
Diphtheria128912...5348.........6621712...
Membranous Croup...8............1...............18............
Typhus Fever......................................................
Enteric or Typhoid Fever2...414.........2...212...6161
Continued Fever......................................................
Relapsing do.......................................................
Puerperal do..........12...............1............13...
Cholera......................................................
Erysipelas............42.........111.........153
Measles14451.........1...............15451.........
Whooping Cough353711.........3............354011......
Diarrhoea and Dysentery49131...343......1......52131134
Rheumatic Fever...111.....................1...111...1
Ague......................................................
Phthisis...7517102223221822107191204
Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy11383114775314724111127901388854
Heart Disease4...4117249...113191415149150
Injuries............31351...91351...122
All other Diseases4337923122062014023101079264731023322285227
651314644947531272883122140347234029571615346