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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 I.- CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSE OF DEATH.
| Class of Disease. | Percentage of Deaths to Total Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|
| London including Whitechapel. | Whitechapel District. | |
| Zymotic Diseases (as named in the Registrar-General's Weekly Returns) | 17.95 | 14.53 |
| Parasitic Diseases | 0.06 | 0.10 |
| Privation and Alcoholism | 0.75 | 0.15 |
| Constitutional Diseases | 18.26 | 22.64 |
| Premature Birth and Old Age | 6.26 | 5.57 |
| Diseases of Nervous System | 10.21 | 9.49 |
| „ Organs of Special Sense | 0.20 | 0.10 |
| „ Circulatory System | 7.75 | 8.11 |
| „ Respiratory | 21.58 | 23.42 |
| „Digestive „ | 5.68 | 8.59 |
| Lymphatic „ | 0.14 | 0.05 |
| Urinary | 257 | 2.91 |
| „Generative „ | 0.33 | 0.26 |
| Accidents of Childbirth | 0.36 | 0.52 |
| Diseases of Locomotive System | 0.28 | 0.10 |
| „ Integumentary | 0.33 | 0.05 |
| Violent Deaths—Accident | 3.18 | 3.02 |
| Homicide | 0.55 | 0.10 |
| Suicide | 0.26 | |
| Execution | 0.00 | |
| Other Causes ... | 3.56 | 0.00 |
T bale J.—VACCINATION STATISTICS.
| Certificates of successful Vaccination registered by Mr. W. M. Sherman, Vaccination Officer:— | |||
| Born in the Whitechapel Union | 2689 | ||
| Resident in the Union but born elsewhere Nine were returned as " Insusceptible " | 197 | ||
| Total | 2886 | ||
| Public Vaccinator's Statistics:— | |||
| Primary | (By Public Vaccinator | 1993 | |
| By Infirmary Medical Superintendent | 134 | ||
| Re-Vaccination | By Public Vaccinator | 0 | 2127 |
| By Infirmary Medical Superintendent | 59 | 59 | |