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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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The following Table shows a list of the four principal Infectious Diseases notified by various medical men during the year 1891:—
| MILE END | SCARLET FEVER. | TYPHOID FEVER. | DIPHTHERIA. | SMALL POX | . | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLD TOWN. District. | Quarter ending March. | Quarter ending June. | Quarter ending September. | Quarter ending December. | Total, 1891. | Quarter ending March. | Quarter ending June. | Quarter ending September. | Quarter ending December. | Total, 1891. | Quarter ending March. | Qiiarter ending June. | Quarter ending September. | Quarter ending December. | t otal, 1891. | Quarter ending March. | Quarter ending June. | Quarter ending September. | Qiiarter ending December. | total, 1891. |
| North Ward | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 22 | ||||||||
| South Ward | 4 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| East Ward | 6 | 12 | 38 | 81 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 23 | |||||||
| West Ward | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 3 | ||||||
| Centre Ward | 16 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 29 | |||||||||
| Grand Total | 22 | 61 | 90 | 232 | 23 | 30 | 29 | 101 | 22 | 22 | 36 | 105 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||