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Whitechapel 1893

The annual report on the sanitary condition of the Whitechapel District, (with vital and other statistics), for the year 1893 (consisting of 52 weeks) being the tenth annual report

Published
1894
Author
Loane, Joseph.
Pages
88
Tables
65

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    Table V. —Parliamentary Counties and Boroughs.
    Parliamentary Counties and Boroughs and their Divisions.1891.1881.
    Area in Acres.Inhabited Houses.Population.Population.
    Males.Females.Persons.Persons.
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    COUNTY OF LONDON. T able 8.—Ecclesiastical Parishes or Districts in the Administrative County of London consisting of Parts of the Ancient Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, and Kent) ; Inhabited Houses and Population.
    Ecclesiastical Parish or District.Date of Foundation.Inhabited Houses.Population.Ancient Parish in which situated.
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    Table A.—Area, Inhabited Houses, and Population, &c.
    Parishes, Boards of Works, Districts, &c.Area in Statute Acres.1881.1891.1891.
    Inhabited Houses.Population.Inhabited Houses.Population.Number of Rated Householders.Rateable Annual Value of Property.
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    T able B.—Wards into which the Metropolitan Parishes have been respectively divided
    l88l.1891.
    Inhabited Houses.Population.Inhabited Houses.Population.No. of Rated Householders.
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    T able C.—Divisions! of the London School Board District; Houses and Population.
    Houses.Population.
    Tower Hamlets Division:—Inhabited.UninhabitedBuildings.Persons.Males.Females.
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    Table 2. —Ages of Males and Females in Registration Districts.
    Registration District.All Ages.Under 1 year.1234Under 5 years.51015202530354045556o65707580859095100 & upwards.
    Persons.Males and Females.
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    Table 3. —Ages of Males and Females in Metropolitan Sanitary Areas
    Sanitary Area.All Ages.Under 1 year.1234Under 5 years.5101520253035404550556065707580859095100 & upwards
    Persons.Males and Females.
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    Table 4. —Sanitary Areas, distinguishing those under Vestries, Boards of Works, and other Authorities ; Area, Houses, and Population in 1891, and Population in 1881.
    sanitary areas under the Various Authorities, and their Constituent Civil Parishes.Area in Statute Acres.Houses, 1891.Population.
    1891.1881.
    Inhabited.Uninhabited.Building.Males.Females.Persons.Persons.
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    Table extracfted from last Report by Mr. W. Vallance to the Whitechapel Board of Guardians.
    Parishes and Places.Area in Acres.Houses.Population 1891.Last Approved Rateable Value.
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    Table II .—Persons returned as Blind, as Deaf and Dumb, as Deaf, and as Mentally Deranged, in Registration Districts.
    Registration Districts.Blind.Deaf and Dumb.Deaf.Mentally Deranged-
    Total.From Childhood.Others.Total.From Child-hood.Others.Total.From Childhood.Others.
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    Table 5. —Condition as to Marriage, and Ages of Males and Females in Registration Districts.
    Registration Districts.All Ages.Under 15 years.15202535455565 & upwards.
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    Table XI. —Areas of Land, Water, &c.
    Districts, Sub-Districts, Civil Parishes, &c.Area in Statute Acres.
    Of Parishes, &c.Of adjacent Tidal Water and Foreshore.Tidal Water and Foreshore.
    Land.Water.Tidal Water.Foreshore.
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    T able XII.—Increase or Decrease of Population, 1881-91, compared with Excess of Births over Deaths; Aggregate Number of Marriages, Births and Deaths, registered in each Registration District during the Ten Years 1881-90.
    Registration Division and Districts.Population.Registered in the Ten Years 1881-90.Excess of Registered Births over Deaths, 1881-90.Increase or Decrease of Population between the Censuses of i83i and 1891.
    1881.1891.Marriag'sBirths.Deaths.Increase.Decrease
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    T able 8.—Inmates of Barracks, Workhouses and Hospitals, in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts, and Civil Parishes.
    Registration District.Registration Sub-District.Civil Parish.Name of Institution.Total Number of Inmates including Officers, &c.Number of Special Inmates such as Paupers, Patients, &c.
    Persons.Males.Fe-malesPersons.MalesFemales
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    Table 6. —Total Tenements, and Tenements with less than Five Rooms , distinguishing those occupied by various numbers of Persons, in the Sanitary Areas of the Registration Division.
    Sanitary Area.Rooms in Tenement.Number of Tenements with less than five Rooms.Number of Occupants of Tenements.
    123456789101112 or more
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    T able 2.—Area, Houses, and Population of Registration Districts and Sub-Districts, and of their Constituent Civil Parishes.
    Registration Districts and Sub-Districts, and Civil Parishes.Area in Statute Acres.HOUSES.Persons.POPULATION.
    i 88l.1891.Males.Females.
    InhabitedUninhabitedBuildingInhabitedUninhabited.Building.1881.1891.1881.1891.l88l.1891.
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    Table 9. —Persons enumerated on Board Sea-going and Coasting Merchant Vessels, and in Inland Barges and Boats, in Harbours, Rivers, Creeks and Canals.
    Registration Districts and Sub-Distri&s.Civil Parishes.Number of Sea-going and Coasting Merchant Vessels.Number of Inland Barges and Boats.Persons.Persons.
    On Board Sea-going and Coasting Merchant Vessels.On Board Inland Barges and Boats.Total.
    British.Foreign or Colonial.British.Foreign or Colonial.
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    Table 10 .—Country of Birth of Foreigners enumerated in the Registration Division and County, and in each of its Registration Districts.
    Where Born.WHITECHAPEL AND ADJOINING DISTRICTS. REGISTRATION DISTRICTS.
    London City.Shoreditch.Bethnal Green.Whitechapel.St. George-in-the-East.Stepney.Mile End Old Town.Poplar.
    Males.Females.Males.Females.Males.Females.Males.Females.Males.Females.Males.Females.Males.Females.Males.Females.
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    FOREIGNERS RESIDING WITHIN THE WHITECHAPEL DISTRICT:—
    Census, 1881.Census, 1891.
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    Old Age Deaths:—
    Age Distribution of the Deaths.Sub-Registration District Distribution.
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    Violent Deaths:— Total number of Deaths, 54 Males, 37. Females, 17.
    Age Distribution of Violent Deaths.Sub-Registration Districts Distribution.
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    The chief details I have hereunder set out:—
    Total Admissions.No. of Inquests.
    1892.1893.1892.1893.
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    REGISTERED COMMON LODGING HOUSES, 1893.
    Name of Street.No. of Houses registered.Deaths in Infirmary and elsewhere of Lodgers.
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    Number of Apartments, Population, and Number of Deaths, 1893.
    Name and Situation of Dwellings.Number of Apartments.Number of Inhabitants.Total Population.Deaths.
    Adults.Children.
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    I have summarised the results as follows:—
    Nature of Article.Result of Analysis.Remarks.
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    some if I include here a list of summonses which were issuec during the year 1893
    Date.Offence.Result.
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    (A.)—TABLE OF DEATHS DURING THE YEAR IN THE METROPOLITAN SANITARY DISTRICT OF WHITECHAPEL. Classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
    Names of Localities.Mortality from all causes at subjoined ages.Age.12345678910111213141516171819202122
    Small-poxScarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.FEVERS.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other causes.Totals.
    At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 & under 15.15 & under 25.25 & under 65.65 & upwards.Typhus.Enteric, or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
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    TABLE OF DEATHS DURING THE YEAR IN THE METROPOLITAN SANITARY DISTRICT OF WHITECHAPEL—( Continued).
    Names of Localities.Mortality from all causes at subjoined ages.Age.12345678910111213141516171819202122
    At all ages.Under 1 year1 and under 5.5 & under 15.15 & under 25.25 & under 65.65 & upwards.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.FEVERS.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhæa and DysenteryRheumatic Fever.Ague.Phithisis.Bronchitis, Pneumona and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.InjuriesAll other causes.Totals.
    Typhus.Enteric, or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
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    TABLE OF DEATHS DURING THE YEAR IN THE METROPOLITAN SANITARY DISTRICT OF WHITE CHAPEL— (Continued).
    Names of Localities.Mortality from all causes at subjoined ages.Age.12345678910111213141516171819202122
    Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.FEVERS.Cholera.Erysipelas.MeaslesWhooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentary.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other causes.Totals.
    At all ages.Uuder 1 year.1 and under 5.5 & under 15.15 & under 25.25 & under 65.65 & upwards.Typhus.Enteric, or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
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    II-TABLE of POPULATION. BIRTHS, and N ew C asks ok INFECTIOUS SICKNESS coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer oi Health during the year 1893, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Whitechapel ; Classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
    Names of Localities, &c.Population at all ages. Census Population, 1891.Births during 53 weeks of 1892.Cases of Infectious Disease Notified.Cases Removed to Hospitals.
    Ages.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Contind. Fever.Relapsing FeverPuerperal FeverCholera.Erysipelas.Small pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Contind. Fever.Re lapsing FeverPuerperal FeverCholera.Erysipelas.
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    Table A. —Births Registered in the Whitechapel District during the year 1893.
    Sub Registration Districts.Spital-fields.Mile End New TownWhitechapel Church.Goodmans Fields.Total.
    Boys.Girls.
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    Table B. —Deaths registered in the Whitechapel District during 1893.
    Sub-Registration Districts.Spital-fields.Mile End New TownWhitechapel Church.Goodmans Fields.Total.
    Males.Females
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    Table C.—The 1010 Deaths of Non-Residents which took place in the District were Registered as under :
    Spitalfields.Mile End New Town (Whitechapel Infirmary).Whitechapel Church (London Hospital).Goodman's Fields. (River Thames.)Total.
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    Table D.—Outlying Public Institutions, &c., where Residents of the Whitechapel District Died during the Year.
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    Table E.— Correct District Mortality Table. Residents' Deaths, wherever registered, being correctly referred to their proper Sub-Districts.
    Sub-Registration DistrictsSpital-fields.Mile End NewTown|Whitechapel Church.Goodmans Fields.Total.
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    Table F.—Shewing the Age at Death of the Residents who Died during the year.
    1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Total.
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    Table G. —Total Births and Deaths, as also Deaths under 5 years of age in London.
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    Table H.—DISTRICT MEDICAL OFFICERS' ANALYSIS OF CASES FOR 1893.
    Diseases.1 st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.Diseases.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.
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    TABLE I.- CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSE OF DEATH.
    Class of Disease.Percentage of Deaths to Total Deaths.
    London including Whitechapel.Whitechapel District.
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    T bale J.—VACCINATION STATISTICS.
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    TABLE M—WHITECHAPEL DISTRICT DEATHS FOR 1893.
    Causes of Death.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.Causes of Death.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.
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    Table N.—METROPOLITAN DEATHS FOR THE YEAR 1893. E stimated population to the middle of the year = 4 ,305,55I. D eath-rate=2 I 2 per 1000.
    Causes of Death.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4 th Quar.Total.Causes of Death.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.
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    Table O.—PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES DEALT WITH DURING THE YEAR 1893.
    Name of place.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Typhoid Fvr.Typhus FeverDiphtheria.Membrns.CroupErysipelas.Puerperal Fvr.Measlesname of place.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Typhoid Fvr.Typhus Fever.Diphtheria.Membrns. CroupErysipelas.Pueperal Fvr.Measles.
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    Table O (Continued).— PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES DEALT WITH DURING THE YEAR 1893.
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    TABLE P.—SANITARY AND OTHER WORK PERFORMED BY THE INSPECTORS, 1893.
    Classification of Work.Quarter ending Mar.25thQuarter ending June24thQuarter ending Sept. 30thQuarter ending Dec. 30th.Totals for the year.
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    Table Q.—meteorological statistics.
    No. of Hours of Registered Bright Sunshine.Mean of Degree of Humidity (saturation represented by 100).Mean Reading of Barometer (in inches).Mean Temperature (Fahrenheit).Rainfall (in inches).
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    Table R.—METEOROLOGICAL STATISTICS —HIGHEST AND LOWEST MEAN RECORDS.
    No. of Hours of Registered Bright Sunshine in London.Humidity of Atmosphere.Reading of Barometer (in inches).Mean Temperature (Fahrenheit).Ozone.
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    DAIRIES, COWSHEDS and MILKSHOPS ORDERS of 1885 and l886. List of registered premises upon which the business of Dairyman or Purveyor of Milk is carried on in the District of Whitechapel.
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    DAIRIES, COWSHEDS and MILKSHOPS ORDERS of 1885 and 1886 (continued). List of registered premises upon which the business of Dairyman or Purveyor of Milk is carried on in the District of Whitechapel.
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    He shall construct such soil pipe so that its weight in proportion to its length and internal diameter, shall be as follows:—
    Diameter.LEAD. Weight per 10 feet length. Not less thanIRON. Weight per 6 feet length. Not less than
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    Births correctly distributed amongst the several Sub-Registration Districts, thus counteracting the influence of the Union Infirmary.
    Sub-Registration Districts.53 weeks53 weeks
    18841885188618871888I8891890189118921893
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    T able A.—Births registered in the Whitechapel District during the 10 years ending 1893.
    Sub-Registration Districts.53 weeksweeks
    188418851886I887188818891890189118921893
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    TEN YEARS MARRIAGES WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
    1884188518861887188818891890189118921893
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    T able B.—Deaths registered in the Whitechapel District during the 10 years ending 1893.
    Sub-Registration Districts.53 weeks53 weeks
    1884188518861887188818891890189118921893
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    Table C.—Shewing the deaths of Non-Residents which took place within the District during the ten years ending 1893.
    Sub-Registration Districts.53 weeks.53 weeks.
    1884188518861887188818891890189118921893
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    Table E. —Correct District Mortality Table Residents' deaths, wherever registered, being correctly referred to their proper Sub-Districts, for the ten years ending 1893.
    Sub-Registration Districts.53 weeks.53 weeks.
    1884188518861887188818891890189118921893
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    T able F. —Shewing the ages at death of the Residents who died during the ten years ending 1893.
    Ages.53 weeks.53 weeks.
    1884188518861887188818891890189118921893
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    Table G.-Total Births and Deaths in London, and Deaths under 5 years of age, during the ten years ended 1893.
    Number of Births and Deaths.53 weeks.53 weeks
    1884188518861887188818891890189118921893
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    Table J.—Vaccination Statistics for the 10 years ending 1893.
    53, weeks53 weeks
    1884188518861887188818891890189118921893
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    Table K.—Classification of the Cause of Death during the 10 years ended 1893, in the Whitechapel District.
    Cause of Death.53 weeks53 weeks
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    CORRECT LIST OF DISTRICT DEATHS FOR THE TEN YEARS ENDING 1893.
    CAUSES OF DEATH—53 weeks53 weeks
    1884188518861887188818891890189118921893
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    Correct List of District Deaths for the 10 Years ending 1893— continued.
    CAUSES OF DEATH—53 weeks53 weeks
    1884188518861887188818891890189118921893
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    Meteorological Table for the 10 years ended 1893.
    53 weeks53 weeks
    1884188518861887188818891890189118921893
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    MODEL DWELLINGS.—Number of Apartments, Population, &c., during the 5 years ended 1893.
    18891890189118921893
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    Deaths occurring in Public Institutions during the 9 years ended 1893.
    188518861887188818891890189118921893