London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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The Deaths took place as follows:—
In the London Hospital 30
,, Whitechapel Infirmary 10
,, Shadwell Hospital 5
„ North Eastern Fever Hospital 4
,, Colney Hatch Asylum 1
,, Jewish Home 1
,, St. Bartholomew's Hospital 2
„ Northern Fever Hospital 1
,, Darenth Asylum 1
,, North Western Fever Hospital 1
„ German Hospital 1
„ King's College Hospital 1
,, Homerton Hospital 11
,, St. Peter's Home 1
„ Holborn Workhouse 1
,, Western Fever Hospital 1
At the several Model Dwellings 182
Total 254
REGISTERED CAUSES OF DEATH
In the case of Persons living in Model Dwellings.
Zymotic diseases 55
Constitutional diseases 43
Premature Birth and Old Age 12
Diseases of the Nervous System 17
„ „ Circulatory „ 15
„ „ Respiratory ,, 64
„ „ Digestive „ 22
„ - „ Urinary „ 7
,, Generative „ 1
Accidents of Childbirth 1
Diseases of Locomotive System 1
„ Integumentary System 1
Accidental Deaths 5
Other Diseases 10
Total 254