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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 1896
The annual report on the sanitary condition of the Whitechapel District, (with vital and other statistics), for the year 1896 (consisting of 53 weeks) being the thirteenth annual report
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The customary Tables are appended:-
MODEL DWELLINGS, 1896.
Name and Situation of Dwellings.
Number
of
Apartments.
Number
of
W.C's.
Number of
Inhabitants.
Total
Population.
Deaths.
Adults.
Children.
Albert buildings
47
47
122
57
179
4
Alexandra buildings
29
23
73
37
110
-
Alfred buildings
26
26
. 61
25
86
2
Blackwall buildings
156
80
368
295
663
31
Booth street buildings
144
30
272
351
623
15
Brady street buildings
286
250
549
548
1097
14
Brunswick buildings
280
280
926
480
1406
26
Buckle street buildings
30
10
88
77
165
1
College buildings
70
54
110
61
171
4
Davis mansions
132
132
310
200
510
11
Fleur-de-lis street buildings
20
7
51
49
100
1
Glasshouse buildings
25
12
59
36
95
5
Gt.Eastern bldgs.,Fieldgate st.
47
32
97
78
175
-
Gt. Eastern bldgs., Quaker st.
92
48
189
142
331
9
Godfrey house
24
24
45
46
91
1
Helena house
24
24
57
32
89
1
Howard's buildings
83
83
232
119
350
7
Irene house
30
30
73
63
136
1
Katharine buildings
263
74
376
231
607
24
Lolesworth buildings
202
69
395
210
605
11
Metropolitan buildings
60
60
221
67
288
4
Montague houses
24
12
75
52
127
1
Morrison's buildings (south)
54
54
132
30
162
3
Nathaniel buildings
170
151
375
420
795
13
New buildings
25
27
41
37
78
Peabody bldgs., Commercial st.
60
45
156
68
224
2
Peabody bldgs., Glasshouse st.
286
120
665
409
1074
19
Pelbam street buildings
72
72
213
133
346
5
Plough street buildings
46
15
107
84
191
6
Rothschild's buildings
228
218
519
591
1140
19
Royal Mint square
225
110
457
228
685
10
Ruth house
25
25
52
38
90
1
Shepherd street buildings
35
14
98
89
187
3
St. George's house
42
30
85
46
131
4
Strafford houses
40
40
161
94
255
1
Tenter buildings
26
13
43
26
69
1
Victoria buildings
16
16
38
24
62
Wentworth buildings
222
158
602
539
1141
9
Totals
3666
2515
8523
6311
14834
269
Mem. :—Several of the above dwellings were not inhabited throughout the whole of the year.
The Deaths took place as follows:-
In the London Hospital 30
„ Homerton Hospital 4
,, North-Western Fever Hospital 4
„ St. Bartholomew's Hospital 3
,, Children's Hospital, Gt. Ormond Street 2
„ Whitechapel Infirmary 2
,, National Hospital 1
„ Ilford Asylum 1
„ Middlesex Hospital 1
„ Mother's Home, Mile End 1
,, Metropolitan Hospital 1
,, North-Eastern Fever Hospital 1
,, Brompton Hospital 1
„ South-Eastern Fever Hospital 1
At the several Model Dwellings 216
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