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Whitechapel 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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transferred either into the Infirmary, or into some special hospital.
For particulars of the diseases for which these persons were
attended, see Table G of the appendix, on page 29.
It will be noticed that 67 in excess of 1885 remained to be
attended by the District medical officers. If, therefore, the pauper
illness be an index to the general sickness in the District, allowing
for increase of population, the sickness rate for the year may be
regarded as satisfactory.
I have thought it worth while to carry out this method of comparison throughout the various classes of diseases, as follows : —
| Class of Disease. | Percentage of Deaths to Total Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|
| London includ'g Whitcchapel | Whitechapel. | |
| Zymotic Diseases (as named in Registrar-General's weekly sheets) | 15.27 | 14.47 |
| Parasitic Diseases | 0.15 | 0.0 |
| Privation and Alcoholism | 0.37 | 0.12 |
| Constitutional Diseases | 19.64 | 21.42 |
| Premature Birth and Old Age | 6.ll | 5.23 |
| Nervous Diseases | 11.37 | 12.25 |
| Diseases of Organs of Special Sense ... | 0.16 | 0.06 |
| ,, Circulatory System | 7.43 | 5.91 |
| ,, Respiratory ,, | 22.25 | 28.01 |
| „ Digestive ,, | 5.73 | 4.67 |
| ,, Lymphatic ,, | 0.13 | 0.0 |
| ,, Urinary ,, | 2.49 | 2.64 |
| ,, Generative „ | 0.34 | 0.36 |
| Accidents of Childbirth „ | 0.28 | 0.30 |
| Diseases of Locomotive System | 0.43 | 0.18 |
| ,, Integumentary „ | 0.33 | 0.73 |
| Violent Deaths—Accident | 2.90 | 3.14 |
| Homicide | 0.08 | 0.0 |
| Suicide | 0.48 | 0.30 |
| Other Causes | 3.96 | 0.12 |
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