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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 A.
STATISTICS AS REQUIRED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD.
TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year1896 , in the [???] District of Mile End Old Town, classified according to
DISEASES, AGES and LOCALITIES.
| Names of Localites adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. | Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages. | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| At all ages. | under 1 year | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diptheria. | Membranous Croup. | fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea & Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis. Pneumonia, and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total. | ||||||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (c) | (e) | (i) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mile End Old Town | 1677 | 641 | 313 | 62 | 46 | 386 | 229 | Under 5 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 59 | 72 | 62 | 1 | 7 | 196 | 4 | 501 | 954 | |||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 4 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 102 | 124 | 116 | 4 | 330 | 723 | |||||||||||||||
| Mile End Infirmary | 197 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 95 | 84 | Under 5 | ...... | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | * | 27 | 21 | 21 | 186 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City of London Union | 61 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 35 | Under 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 2 | 10 | 5 | 43 | 60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Grove Workhouse | 38 | 10 | 28 | Under 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 2 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vintners' Trinity Almshouses | 5 | 5 | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jews' Hospital | 10 | 1 | 9 | Under 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | I | 2 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East End Mothers' Home | 10 | 9 | 1 | Under 5 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1998 | 660 | 315 | 65 | 53 | 515 | 390 | Under 5 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 59 | 72 | 62 | 1 | 7 | 196 | 4 | 522 | 975 | |||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 4 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 133 | 166 | 144 | 4 | 528 | 1023 | |||||||||||||||
| The subjoined numbers have | also to be taken into account | in | judging of the | abo | ve records of mortality. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto. | 387 | 72 | 88 | 31 | i 22 | 140 | 34 | Under 5 | 15 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 63 | 160 | ||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 11 | 125 | 227 | |||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto. | 133 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 78 | Under 5 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 86 | 123 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||