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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 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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TABLE I.—Births and Dearhs for each Quarter, commencing April, 1882, and ending March, 1883.
| Quarter ending | June, 1882. | September, 1882. | December, 1882. | March, 1883. | Total for four | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | Qtrs. | |
| Births. | 503 | 492 | 995 | 556 | 531 | 1087 | 549 | 516 | 1065 | 544 | 557 | 1101 | 4248 |
| Deaths. | 284 | 270 | 554 | 262 | 260 | 522 | 289 | 299 | 588 | 303 | 329 | 632 | 2296 |
The Marriages in the Hamlet, for the year ended March, 1883,
were 1,110, being an annual rate of 10.09 per 1000 population.
Eirth-rate per 1,000 population in Mile End 38.6
Metropolis 34.08
The excess of births over deaths in Mile End was 19.52
Death-rate per 1000 population in Mile End 20.87
Metropolis 20.56
Death-rate in Mile End, exclusive of Workhouses,
18.4 per 1000 population.
Death-rate for the six other Eastern Districts,
combined, exclusive of Mile End 24.5 per 1000 population.
Average number of deaths previous five years 2,371
Deaths in 1883 with much larger population 2,296