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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 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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Table I.— Shewing the number of Deaths that have taken place in each Quarter of the year and the Death-rate per 1000.
Quarters.
No. of Deaths.
Death-rate.
1st Quarter
565
19.9
2nd „
457
16.3
3rd „
508
18.2
4th „
702
25.1
Table II.— Shewing the number of Deaths from the principal Zymotic diseases in each Quarter of the year.
Quarters.
Small-pox.
Measles.
Scarlet
Fever.
Diphtheria
Whooping
Cough.
Fever.
Diarrhœa.
Totals.
1st Quarter
17
72
7
7
31
4
8
176
2nd „
-
28
14
2
24
8
42
118
3rd „
2
5
18
2
20
12
3
62
4th „
—
1
12
6
62
3
7
91
Total
19
106
51
17
137
27
60
417