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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 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: Table A. —Births Registered in the Whitechapel District during the year 1894.

Table A. —Births Registered in the Whitechapel District during the year 1894.

Sub-Registration Districts.Spitalfields.Mile End New TownWhitechapel Church.Goodmans Fields.Total.
Boys.Girls.
First Quarter215283199103416384
Second „238293211112421433
Third „109263221113416350
Fourth „21726119288386372
Total839110082341616391539
3178

Table: Table B.— Deaths Registered in the Whitechapel District during the year 1894.

Table B.— Deaths Registered in the Whitechapel District during the year 1894.

Sub-Registration Districts.Spitalfields.Mile End New TownWhitechapel ChurchGoodmans Fields.Total.
Males.Females.
First Quarter10217832055367288
Second „7215329548317251
Third „5612632935297249
Fourth „7612231333316228
Total306579125717112971016
2313

Table: Table C.—The Deaths of 891 Non-Residents which occurred in the District during the year were Registered as under:—

Table C.—The Deaths of 891 Non-Residents which occurred in the District during the year were Registered as under:—

Spitalfields.Mile End New Town (Whitechapel Infirmary).Whitechapel Church (London Hospital).Goodn ans Fields. (River Thames).
Nil.19872Nil.Males - 502
Females - 389

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.

Name of Institution.No. of Deaths.Name of Institution.No. of Deaths.
Asylums' Board Hospitals—Brought forward124
Homerton Fever Hospital28Hand-in-Hand Asylum1
North-Eastern do.11Holloway Prison1
North-Western do.2Homœpathic Hospital1
Hackney do.1Hostel of God1
Banstead Asylum1Jewish Home, Stepney Green2
Cane Hill do.2Jews' Hospital2
Colney Hatch do.4King's College Hospital2
Darenth do.1Lee Canal1
Hanwell do.1Mildmay Hospital1
Ilford do.8Middlesex Hospital1
Leavesden do.12New Compton street, No. 711
Brompton Hospital5Notting Hill Railway Station1
Cancer Hospital, Chelsea1Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum1
Charing Cross Hospital2Royal Free Hospital1
Children's Hospital, Gt. Ormond street3St. Anne's House, Stoke Newington3
Children's Hospital, Shadwell17St. Bartholomew's Hospital14
City of London Asylum1St. George's Hospital1
do. do. Chest Hospital4St. Gile's Workhouse1
East End Mothers' Home2Shoreditch Infirmary2
French Hospital1South Grove Workhouse6
Friedenheim2Station Hospital, Rochester row1
German Hospital11Stepney Workhouse1
Great Northern Hospital1University Hospital1
Guy's Hospital1Welbeck Street, No. 121
Hackney Infirmary2
Carried forward124Total172