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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TABLE X.
Shewing the Death-rate per 1000 persons living, from the undermentioned causes in London, the Eastern Districts of London, and Mile End Old Town, 1892 to 1896.
LONDON. | EASTERN DISTRICTS. | MILE END OLD TOWN. | ||||||||||||||||
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1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | Average for the Five Years, | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | Average for the Five Years. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | Average for the Five Years. | |
Principal Zymotic Diseases | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
Small Pox | .06 | .04 | .02 | .01 | .002 | .02 | .01 | . 06 | .03 | .01 | ... | ... | ... | .07 | .03 | ... | ... | ... |
Measles | .7 | .3 | .7 | .6 | .8 | .6 | .8 | .5 | 1.1 | 1.1 | .9 | .8 | .6 | .3 | 1.1 | 1.0 | .7 | .7 |
Scarlet Fever | 2.0 | .3 | .2 | .2 | .2 | .5 | .4 | .4 | .2 | .2 | .2 | .3 | .3 | .3 | .3 | .2 | .3 | .2 |
Diphtheria | .4 | .7 | .6 | .6 | .5 | .5 | .5 | .9 | .7 | .8 | .6 | .7 | .7 | .7 | .7 | 1.0 | .8 | .7 |
Whooping Cough | .5 | .5 | .4 | .3 | .6 | .4 | .9 | .9 | .6 | .4 | .8 | .7 | 1.0 | .7 | .6 | .4 | .7 | .6 |
Typhoid Fever | .09 | .1 | .1 | .1 | .1 | .08 | .1 | .2 | .1 | .1 | .1 | .1 | .1 | .2 | .1 | .1 | .1 | .1 |
Diarrhoea | .5 | .7 | .4 | .8 | .7 | .6 | .6 | 1.1 | .5 | 1.0 | .9 | .8 | .6 | 1.1 | .6 | 1.0 | .8 | .8 |
Deaths from all causes | 20.3 | 20.8 | 17.4 | 19.4 | 18.2 | 19.2 | 24.3 | 25.8 | 21.8 | 24.3 | 21.7 | 23.5 | 23.0 | 22.8 | 21.1 | 22.5 | 19.9 | 21.8 |
Deaths under one year to 1000 Births registered | 154 | 164 | 142 | 165 | 160 | 157 | 166 | 181 | 161 | 180 | 164 | 170 | 153 | 150 | 155 | 165 | 157 | 156 |