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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 OF DEATHS DURING THE YEAR IN THE METROPOLITAN SANITARY DISTRICT OF WHITECHAPEL.
C lassified according to D iseases, A ges and L ocalities.
| Description of Public Institutions, Sub-Registration Districts, &c. | Mortality from all causes at subjoined ages. | Age. | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||||||||
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| Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | FEVERS. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhœa and Dysentary. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, & Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other causes. | Totals. | |||||||||||||||
| At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 & under 15. | 15 & under 25. | 25 & under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Goodman's Fields— (Sub-Registra-tion District) | 1st Qtr. | 55 | 17 | 18 | - | 4 | 9 | 7 | Under 5 | _ | _ | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 16 | - | 2 | 12 | 35 | 55 |
| 5 upwards | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | - | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | ||||||||||
| 2nd „ | 48 | 24 | 9 | - | 2 | 9 | 4 | Under 5 | — | 1 | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | — | - | - | - | 9 | — | — | 16 | 33 | 48 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 3rd „ | 35 | 16 | 2 | - | - | l5 | 2 | Under 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 13 | 18 | 35 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | ||||||||||
| 4th ,, | 33 | 12 | 3 | 1 | — | 14 | 3 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 9 | 15 | 33 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Total for year | 171 | 69 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 16 | Under 5 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 32 | - | 3 | 50 | 101 | 171 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 9 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 19 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Deaths of District Residents registered in outlying Public Institutions | 1st Qtr. | 47 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 8 | Under 5 | — | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | 6 | 19 | 47 |
| 5 upwards | — | 1 | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 28 | ||||||||||
| 2nd „ | 41 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | Under 5 | — | 4 | i | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 6 | 16 | 41 | |
| 5 upwards | — | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 25 | ||||||||||
| 3rd ,, | 41 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | Under 5 | — | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | — | — | 11 | 20 | 41 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 4 | — | 11 | 21 | ||||||||||
| 4th „ | 43 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | Under 5 | — | 3 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 17 | 43 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | 15 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Total for year | 172 | 32 | 40 | 8 | 14 | 52 | 26 | Under 5 | — | 14 | 14 | - | - | - | -_ | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 11 | 1 | - | 27 | 72 | 172 | |
| 5 upwards | — | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 54 | 100 | ||||||||||