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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 1881
[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, 1881, and
ending March, 1882.
Quarter ending—
June, 1881.
September, 1881.
Total
Births.
Total
Deaths.
Male.
Female.
Total.
Male.
Female.
Total.
Births
494
505
999
474
490
964
1963
Deaths
245
246
491
247
287
534
......
1025
Quarter ending—
December, 1881.
March, 1882.
Births
589
544
1133
531
514
1045
2178
Deaths
290
336
626
306
414
720
......
1346
Total four Quarters
4141
2371
Birth-rate per 1,000 population, Mile End 37.64
Ditto ditto ditto Metropolis 347
Excess of births over deaths in Mile End 17 70
Death-rate per 1,000 population, Mile End 21.55
Ditto ditto ditto Metropolis 22.2
Number of Inquests during the year 123