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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 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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By the courtesy of the officials engaged on the census I
am enabled to lay before you the following interesting particulars
relating to the census of this year.
DISTRICT OF MILE END OLD TOWN.—CENSUS, 1891. WARDS FORMED UNDER THE METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT, 1855,
(18 & 19 Vict., cap. 120.)
| wards. | population, 1891. | houses, 1891. | Tenements of not more than five rooms, Census, 1891. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Inhabited. | Uninhabited. | Building | Total. | ||
| North | 9,621 | 10,150 | 19,771 | 2,696 | 108 | – | 2,804 | 3,160 |
| East | 14,022 | 15,057 | 29,079 | 3,794 | 111 | 2 | 3,907 | 4,695 |
| West | 7,640 | 7,772 | 15,412 | 1,859 | 59 | 13 | 1,931 | 3,144 |
| Centre | 12,858 | 13,503 | 26,361 | 3,413 | 180 | 6 | 3,599 | 4,619 |
| South | 8,190 | 8,752 | 16,942 | 2,361 | 71 | 1 | 2,433 | 3,166 |
| TOTAL CENSUS, 1891 | 52,331 | 55,234 | 107,565 | 14,123 | 529 | 22 | 14,674 | 18,784 |
| Total Census, 1881 | 50,801 | 54,772 | 105,573 | 14,047 | 511 | 16 | 1,4574 | ... |