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29 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, or at the rate of .62 per 1,000 of the
population.
89 belonged to Mile End Old Town, or at the rate of .80 per 1,000 of the
population.
73 belonged to the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of 113 per 1,000 of
the population.
Deaths of the Homeless and of Inmates of Common
Lodging Houses.
During the year, there occurred in Lunatic Asylums, the deaths of 62 persons
stated to have been removed into such institutions from this district, but for whom,
no definite addresses could be given when the deaths were reported to the Registrars.
13 were stated to have been removed from the Limehouse district, 7 from St. George's,
17 from Mile End, and 25 from Whitechapel. 15, or nearly one-quarter, died from
phthisis.
There were 272 deaths in public institutions of persons admitted from common
lodging-houses in the Borough. 64, or nearly a quarter, died from phthisis. The
difficulty of dealing with these cases and preventing the spread of the disease, even
when notified, is obvious. This difficulty is increased by the fact that, 25 of these
persons who had died from consumption, had not been notified during their lifetime.
With the exception of eight deaths, all the deaths referred to persons who
were admitted from the Whitechapel district, where most of the common lodginghouses
are situated.
As the Borough possesses a river frontage of 2½ miles, a number of unknown
persons are found drowned on the foreshore. These deaths are included in the death
statistics for the districts in which the bodies are discovered. The bodies of four
unknown persons were found, and were included in the Limehouse returns, together
with those of eleven unknown persons who died at the Poplar and Stepney Sick
Asylum, two of whom died from phthisis.
In the Mile End returns are included the deaths of three persons with unknown
addresses, who died at the Mile End Infirmary.
In the St. George's returns are included the deaths of 7 persons who died under
similar conditions at the St. George's Infirmary, one of whom died from
consumption.
In the Whitechapel returns there are included 45 deaths of persons with unknown
addresses, which occurred at the Whitechapel Workhouse and Infirmary,
twelve having died from phthisis.