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REPORT.
To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit the 24th Annual Report upon the Public
Health and Sanitary condition of the Hamlet for the year 1879—1880
Births.
The births registered were 4242, compared with 4123 and 4298 in
the two previous years.
The natural increase of population or excess of births over deaths
was 1716, the birth rate was 38.5 per 1000 population, and that for the
whole metropolis 36.4.
The births for each Quarter are shown in Table I.
The Birth rate, 38.5 per 1,000 population, maintains its high
position—the Birth rate for the whole metropolis was 36.4 ; the number
of births is further confirmatory of the estimated increase of population.
The present population of the Hamlet I estimate at 120,000, but for
the statistical purposes of the past three years I have, pending the
forthcoming census, adopted a mean of 110,000.
This rapidly increasing population is strongly suggestive of an
increase of overcrowding with its inevitable attendant evils, and many
instances have recently come under my notice.
Deaths.
The total number of deaths registered during the year was 2,526,
showing an increase of 263 over the previous year, and a rate per
1,000 population of 22.96; this includes 281 which occurred in the
Workhouses.