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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 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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Table showing the number of Deaths registered in the Hamlet in each of the ten years 1882-91, from the principal Infectious Diseases and Diarrhoea, also the number in 1892.
| Diseases. | 1882. | 1883. | 1884. | 1885. | 1886. | 1887. | 1888. | 1889. | 1890. | 1891. | Annual Average of 10 yrs. 1882-91. | Deaths in 1892. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 3 | 1 | 20 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 27 | 1 |
| Measles | 38 | 88 | 9 | 106 | 112 | 55 | 103 | 35 | 58 | 29 | 63.3 | 62 |
| Scarlet Fever | 117 | 100 | 56 | 19 | 37 | 58 | 40 | 47 | 28 | 12 | 5.4 | 36 |
| Diphtheria | 32 | 23 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 22 | 24 | 50 | 44 | 36 | 27.5 | 81 |
| Whooping-cough | 82 | 78 | 40 | 137 | 49 | 204 | 34 | 31 | 110 | 22 | 787 | 111 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | - | — |
| Enteric Fever | 18 | 39 | 16 | 37 | 17 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 22 | 22 | 22.1 | 17 |
| Simple Continued Fever | — | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diarrhœa | 13 | 6 | 42 | 60 | 145 | 151 | 47 | 86 | 69 | 62 | 68.1 | 65 |
| Total | 303 | 339 | 196 | 366 | 375 | 521 | 264 | 264 | 331 | 185 | 3!3.8 | 373 |