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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 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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Sugar Loaf Court
Contains a population of 38. The total deaths in the 5 years ending
3rd October, 1874, were 9, which gives an average annual death-rate of 47.3
per 1000.
The ages at death were as follows:
| 2 weeks old | 2 |
| 3 „ | 1 |
| 5 „ | 1 |
| 6 „ | 1 |
| 4 months old | 1 |
| 36 years | 1 |
| 58 „ | 1 |
| 68 „ | 1 |
| 9 |
Out of the 9 deaths 6 were of children under 1 year. This is at the
rate of 66.6 per cent. of the total deaths.
Scheme 3.
The area comprised in Scheme 3, and known as the Goulston Street
Scheme, contains a population of about 2757. The deaths for the 5 years
ending 3rd October, 1874, were 338. The annual average death-rate per
1000 was 24.5. The deaths from epidemic diseases were 45; the same
being 133.1 per 1000 of the total deaths; and the deaths from scrofulous
diseases were 113, which is at the rate of 334.3 per 1000 of the total
deaths, and is 22.5 per cent. above the rate of mortality of the entire District
from these causes.
The ages at death were as follows:—
| 0 and under 6 months | 56 |
| 6 months and under 1 year | 41 |
| 1 year and under 5 years | 84 |
| 5 years „ 10 „ | 11 |
| 10 „ „ 20 „ | 9 |
| 20 „ „ 40 „ | 35 |
| 40 „ „ 60 „ | 43 |
| 60 „ „ 80 „ | 45 |
| 80 „ and upwards | 14 |
| Total deaths | 338 |
The deaths of children in this area under 5 arc at the rate of 53.5 per
cent. of the total deaths.