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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 POPULATION, BIRTHS, and New Cases of INFECTIOUS SICKNESS coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1896, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Whitechapel; Classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
| Names of Localities, &c. | Population at all ages. Census Population, 1896. | Births during 62 weeks of 1896. | Cases of Infectious Disease Notified. | Cases Removed to Hospitals. | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ages. | Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Contind. Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Contnd. Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Paerperal Fever. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | |||
| Spitalfields— | 26681 | Under 5 yrs. | – | 70 | 38 | 3 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 54 | 28 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| 5 yrs. & over | 1 | 101 | 41 | 1 | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | 36 | 1 | 85 | 19 | 1 | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | 19 | |||
| Mile End New Town— | 12816 | — | Under 5 yrs. | — | 104 | 41 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | 68 | 24 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 5 yrs. & over | — | 65 | 30 | 1 | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | 53 | 13 | – | – | 6 | — | — | — | — | 12 | |||
| 25561 | [See Table, page 24.] | Under 5 yrs. | 1 | 76 | 65 | 3 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 54 | 47 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Church— | 5 yrs. & over | — | 102 | 44 | — | — | 11 | — | — | 2 | — | 31 | — | 69 | 31 | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | 18 | ||
| 13618 | Under 5 yrs. | – | 28 | 17 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 16 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | ||
| Fields— Sub-Registration District | 5 yrs. & over | – | 36 | 27 | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | 19 | – | 28 | 20 | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 11 | ||
| London Hospital— | 990 | – | Under 5 yrs. | — | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 yrs. & over | 1 | 8 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Whitechapel Infirmary— | 592 | – | Under 5 yrs | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 yrs. & over | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Totals | 3 606 | 311 | 12 | — | 55 | — | — | 2 | — | 136 | 2 | 427 | 192 | 3 | – | 39 | — | — | — | — | 66 | ||||