Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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 1896 in the metropolitan sanitary district of white chapel continued').
C lassified according to D iseases, AGES and L ocalities.
Description of SubRegistration Districts, Public Institutions, &c. | Mortality from all causes at subjoined acres. | Age. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Total. | ||||||||
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At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 & under 15. | 15 & under 25. | 25 & undeR 65. | 65 & upwards. | Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | FEVERS. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis. Pneumonia & Plenriay. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other causes | |||||||||
Typhus. | Enteric, or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Whitechapel Church-(Sub-Registra(tion District) | 1st Qtr. | 342 | 55 | 58 | 20 | 34 | 150 | 25 | Under 5 | - | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 28 | 3 | 13 | 40 | 113 | 342 |
5 upwards | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 26 | 42 | 27 | 111 | 229 | ||||||||||
2nd ,, | 314 | 52 | 64 | 19 | 17 | 150 | 12 | Under 5 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 28 | 1 | 24 | 39 | 116 | 314 | |
5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 113 | 198 | ||||||||||
3rd „ | 352 | 70 | 59 | 30 | 24 | 137 | 32 | Under 5 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 3 | 15 | - | - | - | 29 | - | 14 | 52 | 129 | 352 | |
5 upwards | - | - | 5 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 8 | 18 | 30 | 28 | 121 | 223 | ||||||||||
4th „ | 307 | 58 | 42 | 26 | 24 | 143 | 14 | Under 5 | - | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 32 | - | 14 | 40 | 100 | 307 | |
5 upwards | - | - | 2 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 5 | 21 | 34 | 26 | 104 | 207 | ||||||||||
Total for year | 1315 | 235 | 223 | 95 | 99 | 580 | 83 | Under 5 | - | - | 41 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 17 | 15 | 19 | - | - | 5 | 117 | 4 | 65 171 | 458 | 1315 | ||
5 upwards | - | 1 | 8 | - | - | 26 | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 41 | 90 | 129 | 103 449 | 857 | |||||||||||
Deaths occuring in the London Hospital. | 1st Qtr. | 267 | 25 | 44 | 19 | 31 | 133 | 15 | Under 5 | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 69 | 267 |
5 upwards | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 19 | 38 | 28 | 97 | 198 | ||||||||||
2nd „ | 260 | 31 | 51 | 17 | 15 | 140 | 6 | Under 5 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 20 | 1 | 23 | 26 | 82 | 260 | |
5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 105 | 178 | ||||||||||
3rd „ | 278 | 27 | 45 | 28 | 23 | 129 | 26 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 19 | - | 13 | 23 | 72 | 278 | |
5 upwards | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 7 | 16 | 27 | 26 | 115 | 206 | ||||||||||
14th „ | 244 | 27 | 31 | 25 | 22 | 129 | 10 | Under 5 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 58 | 244 | |
5 upwards | - | - | 1 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 5 | 14 | 31 | 25 | 95 | 386 | ||||||||||
Total for year | 1049 | 110 | 171 | 89 | 91 | 531 | 57 | Under 5 | - | - | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 10 | - | - | - | 4 | 71 | 4 | 61 | 92 | 281 | 1049 | |
5 upwards | - | - | 6 | - | - | 25 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 33 | 67 | 117 | 100 | 412 | 768 | ||||||||||
Deaths of Non Residents Registered with-in the Whitechapel District | 1st Qtr. | 232 | 18 | 35 | 17 | 26 | 122 | 14 | Under 5 | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 53 | 232 |
5 upwards | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 15 | 29 | 29 | 90 | 179 | ||||||||||
2nd „ | 222 | 19 | 43 | 15 | 13 | 128 | 4 | Under 5 | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 20 | 62 | 222 | |
5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 96 | 160 | ||||||||||
3rd „ | 248 | 21 | 35 | 23 | 22 | 124 | 23 | Under 5 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | - | - | - | 13 | - | 11 | 19 | 561 | 248 | |
5 upwards | - | - | 4 | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 6 | 12 | 25 | 25 | 110 | 192 | ||||||||||
4th „ | 222 | 18 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 125 | 11 | Under 5 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | 9 | 15 | 42 | 222 | |
5 upwards | - | - | 1 | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 5 | 13 | 31 | 25 | 91 | 180 | ||||||||||
Total for year | 924 | 76 | 137 | 77 | 83 | 499 | 52 | Under 5 | - | - | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 7 | - | - | 3 | 53 | 2 | 45 | 72 | 213 | 924 | |
5 upwards | - | - | 6 | - | - | 24 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 32 | 55 | 102 | 97 | 387 | 711 |