Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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 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. | ||
Whitechapel Board of Works— | ||||||||
Norton Folgate | 10 | 180 | 12 | 3 | 716 | 733 | 1,449 | 1,528 |
Old Artillery Ground | 5 | 150 | 9 | .. | 1,067 | 1,071 | 2,138 | 2,516 |
Spitalfields | 73 | 1,8l8. | 112 | 6 | 11,945 | 10,914 | 22,859 | 21,340 |
Mile End New Town | 42 | 1,138 | 37 | 11 | 5,681 | 5,622 | 11,303 | 10,673 |
Whitechapel, part of* | 169 | 3,306. | 560 | 22 | 16,890 | 15,394 | 32,284 | 30,660 |
St. Botolph Without,Aldgate, or East Smithfield | 34 | 599 | 70 | 1 | 1,522 | 1,449 | 2,971 | 2,883 |
Holy Tfinity, Minories | 4 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 159 | 142 | 301 | 449 |
St. Katherine-by-the-Twr | 14 | 7 | .. | .. | 159 | 23 | 182 | 104 |
Old Tower Without | 6 | 11 | 9 | .. | 33 | 32 | 65 | 233 |
357 | 7,229 | 810 | 45 | 38,172 | 35,380 | 73,552 | 70,386 | |
♦Entire Parish of Whitechapel, except a small part, containing five inhabited houses and 42 population, which is included in the City ot London. |
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. |
---|---|---|---|---|
St. Botolph Without Aldgate | 37 | 670 | 2918 | 39,343 |
Christchurch, Spitalfields | 74 | 2462 | 22,516 | 88,724 |
St. Katherine-by-the Tower | 23 | 7 | 34 | 10,004 |
Mile End New Town | 42 | 1330 | 11,886 | 30,008 |
Holy Trinity, Minories | 5 | 23 | 301 | 8,134 |
Norton Folgate | 9 | 195 | 1449 | 12,681 |
Old Artillery Ground | 5 | 159 | 2138 | 8,123 |
Old Tower Without | 37 | 20 | 933 | 4,248 |
St. Mary, Whitechapel | 174 | 4192 | 32,086 | 208,221 |
Totals | 406 | 9058 | 74,261 | 409,486 |
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. | ||
London | 3573 | 467 | 3106 | 2128 | 2659 | 316 | 2343 | 5771 | 558 | 5213 |
Whitechapel | 93 | 6 | 87 | 51 | 48 | 6 | 42 | 55 | 10 | 45 |