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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

Mile End 1896

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

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Table: Table shewing the relative incidence of cases of Puerperal Fever in the respective Parishes of the London Sanitary District from1891to1895.

Table shewing the relative incidence of cases of Puerperal Fever in the respective Parishes of the London Sanitary District from1891to1895.

No. in Maps.Parish.No. of notified cases per 1000 births.No. in MapsParish.No. of notified cases per 1000 births.
1Hampstead3.6422Woolwich1.85
2Islington3.4823S. Saviour, Southw'k1.71
3Battersea3.2524Holborn1.62
4Wandsworth3.1225Marylebone1.59
5Lewisham3.0226St. George-in-the-East1.55
6Fulham2.8627Shoreditch1.47
7Paddington2.8528Newington1.47
8Greenwich2.7729Poplar1.47
9St. James2.7130St. George, Han-over-square1.31
10Bethnal Green2.4931City of London1.31
11St. Pancras2.4832Mile End Old Town1.31
12Hammersmith2.4633Rotherhithe1.31
13Lee and Plumstead2.4134Clerkenwell1.30
14Stoke Newingto and Hackney2.2935Bermondsey1.07
15Kensington2.2636St. George, Southwark1.02
16Chelsea2.2337St. Olave0.93
17Limehouse2.1438St. Giles0.89
18Camberwell2.0939Strand0.67
19Westminster2.640St. Luke0.53
20Lambeth1.8641St. Martin-in-the Field0.00
21Whitechapel1.86

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Cowhouses and Slaughterhouses.
We have at the present time 20 cowhouses and 10 slaughterhouses
which are licensed by the London County Council
annually. It is most unlikely that any fresh licenses will be
granted for either of these purposes in crowded districts like
our own. At the last Licensing Session, where it was shewn
that the buildings were not being used at the time the application
for renewal was made, the Council in many cases refused