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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: Table I.— CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSE OF DEATH IN DISTRICT, CONTRASTED WITH LONDON.

Table I.— CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSE OF DEATH IN DISTRICT, CONTRASTED WITH LONDON.

Class of Disease.Percentage of Deaths to Total Deaths.
County of London including WhitechapelWhitechapel District.
Zymotic Diseases (as named in the Registrar-General's Returns)19.0313.28
Parasitic Diseases0.050.06
Privation and Alcoholism0.710.31
Constitutional Diseases19.7822.21
Premature Birth and Old Age6.544.30
Diseases of the Nervous System10.109.66
,, Organs of Special Sense0.220.06
,, Circulatory System8.208.85
„ Respiratory ,,17.5124.51
„ Digestive „6.168.29
„ Lymphatic „0.410.06
,, Urinary „2.722.62
„ Generative0.330.31
Accidents of Childbirth „0.330.56
Diseases of Locomotive System0.300.31
„ Integumentary „0.340.43
Violent Deaths—Accident3.483.68
Homicide0.600.31
Suicide
Execution
Other Causes3.25—

Table: Table J.— VACCINATION STATISTICS.

Table J.— VACCINATION STATISTICS.

Certificates of successful Vaccination registered by Mr. \V. M. Sherman, the Vaccination Officer:—
Born in the Whitechapel Union2714
Resident in the Union, but born elsewhere168
Total2882
12 returned as "Insusceptible."
Public Vaccinator's Statistics:—
PrimaryBy Public Vaccinatorunder 1 year1776
above 1 year33
By Infirmary Medical Superintendentunder 1 year119
above 1 year21
Re-VaccinationBy Public VaccinatorNil.
By Infirmary Medical SuperintendentNil.