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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 1879
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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TABLE I.
Births and Deaths for each Quarter, commencing April, 1879, and ending March, 1880.
| Quarter ending— | June, 1879. | September, 1879. | Total Births. | Total Deaths. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | |||
| Births | 491 | 560 | 1051 | 547 | 524 | 1071 | 1562 | |
| Deaths | 306 | 300 | 606 | 249 | 266 | 515 | 1121 | |
| Quarter ending- | December, 1879. | March, 1880. | ||||||
| Births | 499 | 502 | 1001 | 604 | 515 | 1119 | 2120 | |
| Deaths | 334 | 353 | 687 | 347 | 371 | 718 | 1405 | |
| Total four Quarters | 4242 | 2526 | ||||||
Birth-rate per 1,000 population, Mile End 38.9
Ditto ditto ditto Metropolis 36.4
Excess of births over deaths in Mile End 1716
Death-rate per 1,000 population, Mile End 22.9
Ditto ditto ditto Metropolis 23.25
Number of Inquests during the year 105