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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
Whitechapel 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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year, were referred to the Model Dwellings within the District.
I am of opinion that most of the Buildings contain about the same
number of persons as formerly—but the Royal Mint Square colony
has become considerably enlarged, and therefore, as the total deaths
are fewer, it follows, that the death-rate must have materially
diminished.
DEATHS IN MODEL DWELLINGS.
| Class of Disease causing Death. | No. of Deaths. |
|---|---|
| Zymotic Diseases | 21 |
| Parasitic | nil. |
| Privation and Alcohol | nil. |
| Constitutional Diseases | 37 |
| Premature Birth and Old Age | 4 |
| Nervous Diseases | 24 |
| Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | nil. |
| ,, Circulatory System | 2 |
| ,, Respiratory ,, | 44 |
| „ Digestive „ | 6 |
| ,, Lymphatic ,, | nil. |
| Urinary „ | 4 |
| ,, Generative ,, | 1 |
| Accidents of Childbirth | nil. |
| Diseases of Locomotive System | nil. |
| ,, Integumentary ,, | nil. |
| Violent Deaths—Accident | 7 |
| Homicide | 1 |
| Suicide | nil. |
| Other Causes | nil. |
| Total | ( Males-71 151 (Females-8o |
The particulars, included under this heading, are allowed by
Sanitarians, to form a fair index to the general
Infant condition of the persons making up the cornMortality.
munity to which they refer. If this be so, you
would from what I have previously stated,
anticipate a more favourable paragraph than usual. Nor will you
be disappointed. A glance at the Age Distribution Table as
compiled from the Mortality Returns, suffices to shew that the