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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 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
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In again directing your attention to the Model Dwellings within
the District, I have to record an increase in the accommodation
provided of 251 apartments for 618 persons.
The death-rate among the 13,336 persons resident in Model
Dwellings was 19-0 per 1000, and the Zymotic death-rate amounted
to 4-1 per 1000.
71-6 per cent, of the deaths took place at the various
Metropolitan Hospitals and Public Institutions, but only 4 per
cent, were compelled to find a final resting place during life in
Union Infirmaries. On the other hand the London Hospital and
other kindred Institutions afforded asylums to over 22 per cent, of
those who had previously lived in Model Dwellings within the
District.
MODEL DWELLINGS.
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. | ||||
| Albert buildings | 49 | 123 | 64 | 187 | 4 |
| Alexandra buildings | 29 | 46 | 74 | 120 | 3 |
| Alfred buildings | 26 | 59 | 36 | 95 | 2 |
| Blackwall buildings, Thomas street | 156 | 297 | 373 | 670 | 13 |
| Booth street buildings | 154 | 373 | 510 | 883 | 11 |
| Brady street buildings | 286 | 606 | 602 | 1208 | 21 |
| Brunswick buildings | 280 | 812 | 447 | 1259 | 15 |
| Buckle street buildings | 30 | 72 | 67 | 139 | 3 |
| College buildings | 70 | 59 | 37 | 96 | 2 |
| Glasshouse buildings | 25 | 61 | 39 | 100 | 0 |
| Gt. Eastern buildings, Fieldgate St | 47 | 94 | 70 | 164 | 3 |
| Gt. Eastern buildings, Quaker st | 92 | 178 | 145 | 323 | 11 |
| Howard's buildings | 83 | 236 | 109 | 345 | 10 |
| Katherine buildings | 263 | 439 | 260 | 699 | 20 |
| Lolesworth buildings | 202 | 362 | 192 | 554 | 16 |
| Metropolitan buildings | 60 | 212 | 79 | 291 | 4 |
| Morrison's buildings (south) | 54 | 109 | 55 | 164 | 4 |
| Nathaniel buildings | 167 | 352 | 370 | 722 | 16 |
| New buildings, Tenter street | 25 | 58 | 48 | 106 | 0 |
| Peabody buildings, Commercial St. | 60 | 159 | 29 | 188 | 0 |
| Peabody buildings. Glasshouse St. | 286 | 671 | 419 | 1090 | 15 |
| Pelham Street Buildings | 72 | 140 | 162 | 302 | 3 |
| Plough street buildings | 46 | 98 | 76 | 174 | 6 |
| Rothschild's buildings | 228 | 536 | 571 | 1107 | 24 |
| Royal Mint buildings | 225 | 355 | 206 | 561 | 9 |
| Shepherd street buildings | 34 | 76 | 65 | 141 | 7 |
| St. George's house | 42 | 77 | 45 | 122 | 1 |
| Strafford houses | 40 | 118 | 76 | 194 | 3 |
| Tenter buildings | 25 | 34 | 35 | 69 | 1 |
| Victoria Buildings | 16 | 38 | 17 | 55 | 1 |
| Wentworth buildings | 222 | 674 | 534 | 1208 | 26 |
| Totals | 3394 | 7524 | 5812 | 13336 | 254 |