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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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Table: Table A. —Births Registered in the Whitechapel District during the year 1893.

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.
First Quarter213294211121441398
Second2252952I5111447399
Third „21320018698368329
Fourth „19022621486358358
Total84110158264163098

Table: Table B. —Deaths registered in the Whitechapel District during 1893.

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
First Quarter8719932243379272
Second „631823763939255
Third „8815437355392278
Fourth „9716439848385322
Total33569914691852688

Table: Table C.—The 1010 Deaths of Non-Residents which took place in the District were Registered as under :

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.
0129944Males,630
|Females,380

Table: Table D.—Outlying Public Institutions, &c., where Residents of the Whitechapel District Died during the Year.

Table D.—Outlying Public Institutions, &c., where Residents of the Whitechapel District Died during the Year.

Asylums' Board Hospitals—Brought over145
Homerton Fever Hospital35Holborn Workhouse1
North Eastern „17Ilford Asylum3
North Western „5Jewish Home, Stepney Green5
South Eastern „1King's College Hospital1
Ship "Atlas"1Metropolitan Hospital1
Ship " Castalia"2Middlesex Hospital2
Banstead Asylum5Mildmay Hospital1
Cane Hill „3National Hospital1
Colney Hatch „8North London Hospital for Consumption
Darenth „31
Leavesden „9Royal Free Hospital2
Bethnal Green Workhouse1Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich2
Brompton Hospital2St. Bartholomew's Hospital21
Cancer Hospital, Fulham1St. Peter's Hospital1
Children's Hospital, Shadwell .19St. Luke's Hospital1
City of London Chest Hospital5St. Thomas' Hospital1
City of London Workhouse1South Grove Workhouse8
East London Mothers' Home3Station Hospital, Rochester Row1
Evelina Hospital for Children2Stepney Workhouse1
German Hospital, Dalston18Thames River2
"Griffin," P. H. Shoreditch1Throat Hospital, Golden Square1
Guards' Hospital, Vincent Square1University College Hospital1
Guy's Hospital1Westminster Hospital1
Hackney Infirmary1Other places3
Hand-in-hand Asylum1
Carried over145Total208