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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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TABLE OF DEATHS DURING THE YEAR IN 1896 IN THE METROPOLITAN SANITARY DISTRICT OF WHITECHAPEL.
CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO DISEASES, AGES AND LOCALITIES.
| Description or SubRegistration Districts, Public Institutions, &c. | Mortality from all causes at subjoined ages. | Age. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 1G | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Totals. | ||||||||
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| Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Itheuraatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia & Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other causes | ||||||||||||||||
| At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 & under 15. | 15 & under 25. | 25 & under 65. | 65 & upwards. | Typhus. | Enteric, or Typhoid | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Spitalfields- | 1st Qtr. | 72 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 9 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 1 | - | 19 | 35 | 72 |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 37 | ||||||||||
| 2nd „ | 87 | 38 | 20 | 2 | - | 18 | 9 | Under 5 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 18 | 1 | - | 26 | 58 | 87 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 29, | ||||||||||
| 3rd „ | 72 | 37 | 13 | - | 1 | 16 | 5 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 1 | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 24 | 50 | 72 | ||
| 5 Upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 22 | ||||||||||
| 4th „ | 81 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 14 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 38 | 81 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 11 | 9 | - | 17 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Total for year | 312 | 123 | 58 | 5 | 7 | 82 | 37 | Under 5 | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 10 | 11 | - | - | - | 49 | 3 | 2 | 90 | 181 | 312 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 26 | 28 | 5 | 52 | 131 | ||||||||||
| Mile End New Town | 1st Qtr. | 129 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 61 | 22 | Under 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 11 | - | 1 | 20 | 41 | 129 |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 88 | ||||||||||
| 2nd „ | 133 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 75 | 14 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | 19 | 38 | 133 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 29 | 95 | ||||||||||
| 3rd „ | 137 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 71 | 16 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 6 | - | - | - | 7 | - | 1 | 26 | 44 | 137 | |
| 5 upwards | - | -_ | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 29 | 93 | ||||||||||
| 4th „ | 134 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 74 | 22 | Under 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 31 | 134 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 32 | 103 | ||||||||||
| Total for year | 312 | 123 | 58 | 5 | 7 | 281 | 74 | Under 5 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 5 | 10 | - | - | - | 32 | 1 | 3 | 88 | 154 | 533 | |
| 5 Upwards | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 95 | 99 | 45 | 18 | 118 | 379 | ||||||||||
| Deaths occnring in the Whitechapel Union Infirmary | 1st Qtr. | 90 | 8 | 9 | - | 3 | 53 | 17 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 8 | 17 | 90 |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 73 | ||||||||||
| 2nd „ | 90 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 70 | 13 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 90 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 28 | 87 | ||||||||||
| 3rd „ | 84 | 5 | - | - | 2 | 63 | 14 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 5 | 84 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 79 | ||||||||||
| 4th „ | 97 | 8 | 2 | - | 4 | 64 | 19 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 8 | 10 | 97 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 25 | 87 | ||||||||||
| Total for year | 361 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 250 | 63 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 1 | 23 | 35 | 361 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 89 | 85 | 36 | 17 | 98 | 326 | ||||||||||