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Mile End 1881
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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Table III.— Deaths from eight infectious diseases for each Quarter, commencing April, 1881, and ending March, 1882.
Quarter ending
Small-pox.
Measles.
Scarlet
Fever.
Dphtheria.
Whooping
Cough.
Fever.
Diarrhœa.
Cholera.
Totals.
June, 1881
12
30
2
5
10
0
6
1
66
Sept. „
9
13
10
5
7
0
70
1
115
Dec. „
2
10
12
9
26
3
10
0
72
March, 1882
0
9
10
4
68
1
2
0
94
Total for four Quarters
23
62
34
23
111
4
88
2
347
Annual rate per 1000 population in Mile End Old Town 3.15 | Annual rate per 1000 population for whole Metropolis 3.64
Table IV.— Showing Deaths at various ages during the four Quarters.
Quarter ending
0 to 1
year.
1 to 5
years.
5 to 10
years.
10 to l5
years.
15 to 20
years.
20 to 30
years.
30 to 40
years.
40 to 50
years.
50 to 60
years.
60 to 70
years.
70 and
upwds
Totals
for Qtrs.
Greatst age
at death
during
each Qtr.
June, 1881
122
90
21
9
10
29
30
37
34
39
70
491
95,95,84
Sept. „
189
76
20
7
11
25
34
34
41
46
51
534
86,89,91
Dec. „
159
130
23
12
9
29
44
49
48
53
70
626
96,87,94
March, 1882
175
203
25
9
14
28
38
42
57
60
79
720
91,87,89
Totals
645
499
89
37
44
111
146
162
180
198
270
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