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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

Stepney 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: Number of Deaths from Consumption from 1901 to 1908 :—

Number of Deaths from Consumption from 1901 to 1908 :—

Limehouse District.St. George's.Mile End.Whitechapel.Whole Borough
1901125186107208626
1902130105168173576
1903123122189193627
1904143119229198689
190598117171187573
190611694178138526
19079890141153482
19089879154163494

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Other Tubercular Diseases.
There were 107 deaths from Tubercular Diseases other than Phthisis, or
35 less than in the previous year. This corresponds to a death-rate of .53 per
1,000 of the population.
38 belonged to the Limehouse District, or at the rate of .64 per 1,000.
40 belonged to St. George's, or at the rate of .75 per 1,000.
64 belonged to Mile End, or at the rate of .54 per 1,000.
25 belonged to the Whitechapel District, or the rate of .30 per 1,000.

Table: Deaths from Diseases of a Tubercular nature, other than Consumption, from 1901 to 1908 :—

Deaths from Diseases of a Tubercular nature, other than Consumption, from 1901 to 1908 :—

Limehouse District.St. George's.Mile End.Whitechapel.Whole Borough.
190160735452239
190243498952233
190352376145195
190444356134174
190542295335159
190657475357214
190751505942202
190838406425167

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Infantile Mortality and the Appointment of Health
Visitors.
The question of appointing women on the Staff of the Public Health
Department has been discussed by the Sanitary Committee and Council on
several occasions, and opinion has been so divided on the Council that no action
has been taken.