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Mile End 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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RETURN AS REQUIRED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD.
RETURN AS REQUIRED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD.
TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1891, in the Mile End Old Town Sanitary District of London, classified according to
DISEASES, AGES, and LOCALITIES.
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities. | Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages. | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 4 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 60. | 60 and upwards. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | l6 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membraneous Croup. | fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other Diseases | Total | |||||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mile End Old Town | 1747 | 603 | 221 | 56 | 123 | 368 | 376 | Under 5 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 22 | 41 | 3 | 201 | 5 | 5 | 488 | 824 | |||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 122 | 294 | 109 | 7 | 356 | 923 | |||||||||||||||||
| Workhouse Infirmary | 250 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 92 | 133 | Under 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 53 | 58 | 24 | 2 | 98 | 236 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| City of London Union Infirmary | 70 | 1 | 14 | 55 | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 8 | 7 | 4 | 51 | 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 2067 | 612 | 226 | 58 | 133 | 474 | 564 | Under 5 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 22 | 41 | 4 | 206 | 5 | 6 | 495 | 838 | |||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 183 | 359 | 137 | 9 | 504 | 1229 | ||||||||||||||||
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.
| Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto. | Under 5 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 3 1 | 55 | 115 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | I | 6 | 1 | 16 | 27 | 28 | 98 | 177 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto. | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 8 | 7 | 4 | 51 | 70 |