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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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such deaths took place in the Whitechapel Union Infirmary or other
Public Institution.
REGISTERED COMMON LODGING HOUSES, 1894.*
| Name of Street. | No. of Houses Registered. | Deaths in Infirmary and elsewhere of Lodgers. |
|---|---|---|
| Brick lane | 6 | 13 |
| Buckle street | 1 | .. |
| Commercial street | 2 | 7 |
| Dorset street | 14 | 33 |
| Flower and Dean street | 4 | 8 |
| Garden court | 1 | .. |
| George yard | 2 | .. |
| Grace's alley | 2 | .. |
| Great Garden street | 2 | 3 |
| Great Pearl street | 1 | .. |
| Gun street | 2 | 2 |
| Hanbury street | 5 | .. |
| Heneage street | 1 | 10 |
| Lambeth street | 1 | 1 |
| Leman street | 5 | .. |
| Little Pearl street | 1 | .. |
| Lolesworth street | 5 | 2 |
| Old Montague street | 1 | .. |
| Osborn place | 6 | 14 |
| Paternoster row | 2 | 2 |
| Princelet street | 1 | 4 |
| Queen street, Mile End New Town | 1 | .. |
| Tenter street North | 1 | .. |
| Thrawl street | 4 | 9 |
| Upper East Smithfield | 2 | 4 |
| Well street | 2 | .. |
| Wellclose square | 1 | .. |
| Wentworth street | 5 | 20 |
| Whitechapel road | 2 | 14 |
| White's row | 3 | 3 |
| Totals | 86 | 149 |
The Deaths took place as follows:—
In the Whitechapel Infirmary 129
,, London Hospital 8
,, Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street 1
„ Colney Hatch Asylum 1
,, Cane Hill Asylum 1
,, Hackney Infirmary 1
„ Brompton Hospital 1
,, German Hospital 1
At the several Lodging-Houses 6
149
* These Registered Houses have been reduced in number to 71.