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the thirty-fifth
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
For the Year 1890.
To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my Annual
Report on the Sanitary condition of the District, for the year
1890; and from which Report you will perceive that much
valuable work has been done to improve the Sanitary condition
of the Hamlet.
AREA AND POPULATION.
The District of Mile End Old Town, which is divided into
Eastern and Western Districts has an area of 681 Acres, and in
1881 the number of Houses was 14,574, and the population
105,573. At the present time the number of Assessments is
17,200, and the population has been estimated at about 120,000.
This estimate is not absolutely reliable in fact any estimate
can be only aproximately correct owing to the census not having
been taken since 1881. The most reliable basis for estimating
populations of districts is that of the Registrar General, which
is formed on the hypothesis that the rate of increase in the
last intercensal period has been maintained since 1881. On
this basis the population of this district would be 116,751, and
for the purpose of this Report this number has been taken as
affording the most correct estimate of the present population.