The annual report on the sanitary condition of the Whitechapel District, (with vital and other statistics), for the year 1894 (consisting of 52 weeks) being the eleventh annual report page 11

Whitechapel 1894

The annual report on the sanitary condition of the Whitechapel District, (with vital and other statistics), for the year 1894 (consisting of 52 weeks) being the eleventh annual report

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Table: Cause of Death in the case of Residents of Registered Common Lodging-Houses :—

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Cause of Death in the case of Residents of Registered Common Lodging-Houses :—

Zymotic Diseases	Measles	2
	Influenza	2
	Septicaemia	1
	Venereal Diseases	2
Rickets		1
Phthisis		49
Tuberculosis		8
Cancer		8
Diseases of the Nervous System		8
Diseases of the Circulatory System		12
Bronchitis, Pneumonia, &c.		35
Diseases of the Digestive System		4
Urinary Diseases		7
Alcoholism		1
Peritonitis		1
Cellulitis		1
Other Diseases		7
Total		149

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Philanthropic
Shelters.
The influence of this class of institution upon the Metropolis has
been discussed very fully of late. That some efficient
legislation should take place to protect those
who resort to them is apparent to all who have considered
the subject.

Table: So far as those shelters within our District are concerned, the list which I append is very suggestive, the more so when it is remembered that few of the 830 persons really were belonging to the District.

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So far as those shelters within our District are concerned, the list which I append is very suggestive, the more so when it is remembered that few of the 830 persons really were belonging to the District.

Shelters.	No. of Admission Orders given by the District Medical Officers.
Salvation Army Shelter for men, 272, Whitechapel road	294
„ „ women, 194, Hanbury street	279
„ „ men, Quaker street	83
,, „ men, Royal Mint street	55
Church Army Shelter for men, 83, Whitechapel road	11
Jewish Shelter, 84, Leman street	2
Barnardo's Shelter for women, 12, Dock street	30
„ „ ,, 81, Commercial street	54
Tenter Street East Philanthropic Shelter	22
Wood Street Church Army Home	—
Working Lads' Institute, 137, Whitechapel road	—
Pelham House, Spital square	—
	830

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Whitechapel 1894

Table: Cause of Death in the case of Residents of Registered Common Lodging-Houses :—

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Table: So far as those shelters within our District are concerned, the list which I append is very suggestive, the more so when it is remembered that few of the 830 persons really were belonging to the District.