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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 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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Table D.—Correct District Mortality Table.
(Residents Deaths wherever registered being correctly referred to their proper
Sub-Districts.
| Spitalfields. | Mile End New Town | Whitechapel. Church. | Goodm'n's Fields. | Aldgate. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Quarter | 172 | 87 | 107 | 51 | 48 | 465 | |
| Second ,, | 103 | 58 | 103 | 39 | 25 | 328 | |
| Third „ | 153 | 95 | 107 | 36 | 29 | 420 | |
| Fourth „ | 132 | 99 | 111 | 44 | 25 | 411 | |
| Total | 560 | 339 | 428 | 170 | 127 | 1624 | |
| 856 Males | 768 Fem'l's | ||||||
The 725 Deaths of Non-Residents which took place in the District were Registered as under:—
| Spitalfields. | Mile End New Town. Whitcch't infirm'y | Whitechapel Church. London Hospital. | Goodman's Fields. | Aldgate. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nil. | 7 | 712 | Nil. | 6 |
Table E.—Outlying Public Institutions where Residents of the Whitechapel District Died.
| Banstead Asylum | 9 | Brought over | 49 |
| Bethnal House Asylum | 1 | Homerton Fever Hospital | 12 |
| Brompton Hospital | 1 | Jewish Home, Stepney Green | 1 |
| Cancer Hospital, Fulham | 1 | Leavesden Asylum | 2 |
| Carne Hill Asylum | 1 | London Fever Hospital | 1 |
| Central Throat and Ear Hospital | 1 | Middlesex Hospital | 1 |
| Charing Cross Hospital | 1 | Mile End Old Town Infirmary | 1 |
| Children's Hospital, Gt. Ormond Street | 1 | Mildmay Hospital | 1 |
| National Hospital for Paralysis... | 1 | ||
| Children's Hospital, Shadwell | 11 | North Eastern Hospital | 2 |
| City of London Hospital for Chest Diseases | 2 | Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum | 1 |
| Royal Free Hospital | 1 | ||
| City of London Infirmary | 1 | St. Anne's House, Stoke Newington | 2 |
| City of London Lying-in Hospit'l | 1 | ||
| Coloney Hatch Asylum | 9 | St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 13 |
| German Hospital, Dalston | 7 | Station Hospital, Rochester Road | 1 |
| Guy's Hospital | 1 | Station Hospital, Vincent Square | 3 |
| Hanwell Asylum | 1 | — | |
| — | Total | 92 | |
| Carried over | 49 |