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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 D.—Outlying Public Institutions and Other Places where Residents
of the whitechapel district died during the year.
| Name of Institution. | No. of Deaths. | Name of Institution. | No. of Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asylums' Board Hospitals— | Brought forward | 121 | |
| Brook Fever Hospital | 2 | Hand-in-Hand Asylum | 1 |
| Homerton Fever Hospital | 10 | Hyde Park | 1 |
| North-Eastern do. | 8 | Jewish Home, Stepney Green .. | 4 |
| North-Western do. | 11 | King's College Hospital | 2 |
| South-Eastern do. | 6 | Metropolitan do. | 9 |
| Banstead Asylum | 4 | Middlesex do. | 3 |
| Bethnal House Asylum | 1 | Mile-End-Old-Town Infirmary.. | 1 |
| Cane Hill do. | 1 | National Hospital | 1 |
| Caterham do. | 1 | North London Hospital for Con | |
| Claybury do. | 1 | sumption | 1 |
| Colney Hatch do. | 6 | Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum | 2 |
| Darenth do. | 2 | Regent's Canal | 2 |
| Hanwell do. | 1 | ltoyal Chest Hospital | 3 |
| Ilford do. | 11 | Royal Free do. | 1 |
| Leavesden do. | 5 | St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 19 |
| Brompton Hospital | 2 | St. George's Workhouse | 1 |
| Cancer do. | 2 | St. Peter's House | 1 |
| Chelsea Infirmary | 1 | Soho Hospital | 1 |
| Children's Hospital, Gt. Ormond street | 5 | South Grove Workhouse | 39 |
| Station Hospital, Rochester row | 1 | ||
| Children's Hospital, Shadwell | 15 | Thames River | 1 |
| City of London Chest Hospital | 3 | Westminster Hospital | 1 |
| do. do. Infirmary | 4 | Other Places | 3 |
| East London Mothers' Home | 1 | [Vide Mem.—1 As to 7 Deaths in Outlying Public Institutions which took place during the 53rd week of the year.] | |
| Evelina Children's Hospital | 2 | ||
| German Hospital, Dalston | 15 | ||
| Guards' Hospital, Vincent Sq. | 1 | ||
| Carried forward | 121 | Total | 219 |
127 were Males and 92 were Females.
The above Deaths were Registered at the Following Ages:—
Under the Age of 1 year 21
Between 1 and 5 years 39
„ 5 „ 20 „ 20
Between 20 and 40 years 38
„ 40 „ 60 ,, 39
„ 60 „ 80 ,, 53
Over the Age of 80 years 9
Causes of Death of District Residents who Died in Outlying Public Institutions and Other Places Outside the District.
| Measles | 2 | Old Age | 13 | Diseases of Urinary System | 5 |
| Scarlet Fever | 15 | Apoplexy | 3 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | Epilepsy | 1 | Disease of Generative System | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 18 | Convulsions | 1 | ||
| Enteric Fever | 2 | Other Diseases of Nervous System | 35 | Accidents of ChildBirth | 2 |
| Diarrhœa | 1 | ||||
| Erysipelas | 2 | Diseases of Circulatory System | 22 | Diseases of Locomotive System | 2 |
| Pysemia | 2 | ||||
| Rheumatism | 1 | Bronchitis | 8 | Suicide by Poison | 1 |
| Rickets | 1 | Pneumonia | 20 | ||
| Cancer | 5 | Other Respiratory Diseases | 2 | Accidents— | |
| Tubercular Meningitis | 3 | Scald | 1 | ||
| Phthisis | 25 | Drowning | 3 | ||
| Tuberculosis | 2 | Peritonitis | 1 | Fracture, Ac. | 2 |
| Other Constitutional Diseases | 9 | Disease of Liver | 1 | ||
| Other Diseases of Digestive System | 5 | Total | 219 | ||
| Premature Birth | 1 | ||||
* Mem.:—7 persons died in the 53rd week of the year as follows:—
At the Children's Hospital, Shadwell, male, 2 months, from Specific Disease.
„ Colney Hatch Asylum, male, 47 years, from Disease of the Nervous System.
„ Ilford Asylum, male, 33 years, do. do.
„ South-Eastern Fever Hospital, female, 4 years, from Diphtheria.
„ Homerton Fever Hospital, female, 15 months, from Scarlet Fever.
„ City of London Chest Hospital, female, 17 years, from Phthisis.
„ South Grove, male, 72 years, from Apoplexy.