London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Limehouse 1898
Report on the sanitary condition of the Limehouse District (comprising the Parishes of Limehouse, Shadwell, and Wapping, and the Hamlet of Ratcliff) for the year 1898
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The number of persons in each street was:—
Albert Street 222
Albert Street Buildings 138
Newton's Rents 40
Sage Street 215
Settles Cottages 32
Twine Court 217
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The area of this District is about two acres, so that there
are about 432 persons to an acre.
Total Number Death Rate
of Deaths. per 1,000.
Albert Street (including Buildings) 27.7
Newton's Rents 25.0
Sage Street (and Settles Cottages) 6 24.2
Twine Court 13 59.9
This makes 30 the total number of deaths, with a death
rate equal to that of 34.2 per 1000 of the population, which is
much higher than that of the whole District.