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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 1883
[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, 1883, and ending March, 1884.
Quarter
ending
June, 1883.
September, 1883.
December, 1883.
March, 1884.
Total
for four
Qtrs.
Births.
Male.
Female.
Total.
Male.
Female.
Total.
Male.
Female.
Total.
Male.
Female.
Total.
610
550
1160
557
553
1110
535
500
1035
471
371
842
4147
Deaths
240
264
504
256
257
513
320
305
625
557
533
1090
2932
The Marriages in the Hamlet, for the year ended March, 1884, were 1109, being an annual rate of 10.9 per 1000 population.
Birth-rate per 1,000 population in Mile End 37.7
Metropolis 34.08
The excess of births over deaths in Mile End was 1247
Death-rate per 1000 population in Mile End 20.2
Metropolis 20.0