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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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| Common lodging houses. | Infirmaries. | Asylums. | Shelters. | Sailors' homes. | Dr. Bar-nardos. | Unknown | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limehouse | 7 | 2 | 3 | - | 3 | 16 | 8 |
| St. George's | 4 | 41 | 3 | - | 3 | - | - |
| Mile End | - | 80 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Whitechapel | 42 | 18 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
| 53 | 141 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 15 |
The number of Jews notified to be suffering from Tuberculosis was 616, and
916 Christians.
In Whitechapel, as in previous years, the death rate per 1,000 of the population
from Phthisis is greater than in the rest of the Borough, although this is not the
case with regard to the general death rate. This may be due to several causes. In
the first place, as I pointed out in my last Annual Report, there is a greater proportion
of Jews living in this part of the Borough than in any other part, and
Consumption is undoubtedly on the increase among them. There is another factor
which refers to the number of persons occupying a room. In the premises where
cases of Consumption occurred, the average number of persons occupying the room
with the Consumptive was 199, in Whitechapel, whereas it was 1.67 in Mile End,
14.3 Limehouse and 181 in St. George's.
The following table contains the number of persons notified and the number of deaths from Tuberculosis per 1,000 of the population during 1914 in certain model dwellings in different parts of the Borough, which are occupied by Jews and Non-Jews.
| Building. | Population. | Tews or Non-Jews. | Notification late, per 1,000. | Death rats per 1,000. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathaniel Buildings, Whitechapel | 725 | Jews | 9.65 | 4.13 |
| Rothschild Buildings, Whitechapel | 1,019 | Jews | 8.83 | .98 |
| Brunswick Buildings, Whitechapel | 1,250 | Jews | 3.2 | 1.6 |
| Lolesworth Buildings, Whitechapel | 475 | Mixed population of Jews and Non-Jews | 12.63 | 2.1 |
| Peabody's Buildings, Glasshouse Street, Whitechapel | 1,022 | Non-Jews | 5.87 | .97 |
| Langdale Mansions, St. George's | 1,424 | Jews | 2.8 | .7 |
| Peabody's Buildings, Shadwell | 693 | Non-Jews | 7.21 | 1.44 |
| Juniper Buildings, Shadwell | 1,080 | Non-Jews | 5.55 | Nil |
| Bekesbourne Buildings and Brightling-sea Buildings | 530 | Non-Jews | 7.54 | 1.88 |
| Stepney Green Buildings, Mile End | 872 | Jews | 14.9 | 3.44 |
| Cressy and Dunstans Houses, Mile End | 694 | Jews | 11.52 | 1.44 |
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