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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 III. —Deaths from seven principal infectious diseases for each Quarter, commencing April, 1882, and ending March, 1883.
| Quarter ending | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Dphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Continued Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Cholera. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June, 1882 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 12 | 47 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 94 |
| Sept. | 1 | 5 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 55 |
| Dec. | 1 | 11 | 48 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 81 |
| March, 1883 | 1 | 14 | 24 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 65 |
| Total for four Quarters | 3 | 38 | 117 | 32 | 82 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 295 |
Annual rate per 1000 population in Mile End Old Town 2.68 Annual rate per 1000 population for whole Metropolis 2.44
including diarrhoea 3.23 .. .. including diarrhoea 3.0
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. | 10tol5 years. | 15 to20 years. | 20 to 30 years. | 30 to 40. | 40 to50 years. | 50to60 years. | 60 to70 years. | 70 and upwds | Totals for Qtrs. | Greatst.age at death during each Qtr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June, 1S82 | 139 | 128 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 38 | 36 | 43 | 64 | 554 | 93,88,92 |
| Sept. „ | 185 | 95 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 39 | 48 | 522 | 93,99,92 |
| Dec. „ | 147 | 115 | 36 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 38 | 57 | 32 | 57 | 56 | 588 | 89,98,95 |
| March, 1883 | 159 | 129 | 17 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 48 | 52 | 46 | 67 | 81 | 632 | 98,90,90 |
| Totals | 630 | 467 | 98 | 26 | 34 | 111 | 153 | 17 8 | 144 | 206 | 249 | 2296 | Greatest age 99 |
Average greatest age 93.