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Whitechapel 1887

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

Published
1888
Pages
30
Tables
22

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22 tables in this report

  • Page 6
    Tables F§ and G§ set out the correct District deaths according to age distribution, thus:—
  • Page 14
    Fifty-eight deaths were by Coroners' Juries attributed to violence, they took place in the Registration Sub- . Districts, as follows:—
    Sub-District.Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 14
    Cause of Death.
    Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 17
    The following Streets contain Registered Common Lodging Houses.
    Name of Street.No. of Houses Registered.Deaths in Infirmary and elsewhere of Lodgers.
  • Page 19
    t able A.—Births Registered in the Whitechapel District during the year.
    Spital-fields.Mile End New TownWhitechapel Church.Goodmans Fields.Aldgate.total.
    Males.Females.
  • Page 19
    Table b. —Deaths Registered in the Whitechapel Distrid during the year.
    Spital-fields.Mile End New TownWhitechapel Church.Goodmans Fields.Aldgate.total.
    Males.Females.
  • Page 19
    Table C.—The 755 Deaths of Non-Residents were thus Registered in the Sub-Distri&s:—
    Spitalfields.Mile End New Town (Whitechapel. Infirmary.)Whitechapel Church. (London Hospital.)Goodman's Fields.Aldgate.
  • Page 19
    T able D.—O utlying P ublic I nstitutions where R esidents of the W hitechapel D istrict D ied.
  • Page 20
    Table E.—Correct District Mortality Table. (Residents' Deaths wherever registered being correctly referred to their proper Sub-Districts).
    Spital-fields.Mile End New TownWhite-chapel Church.Goodmans Fields.Aldgate.Total.
  • Page 20
    Table F.—Showing the Ages at Death of the District Residents.
    1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Total.
  • Page 20
    Table G.—Deaths at over 80 years of age, distributed to the Sub-Districts where they belonged.
    Spitalfields.Mile End New Town.Whitechapel Church.Goodman's Fields.Aldgate.Total.
  • Page 20
    Total Births and Deaths in London, and other particulars for Comparison.
  • Page 21
    Table H.—DISTRICT MEDICAL OFFICERS' ANALYSIS OF CASES.
    Diseases.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.Diseases.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.
  • Page 22
    T able I.—CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSE OF DEATH.
    Class of Disease.Total Number of Deaths.Percentage of Deaths to Total Deaths.
    London includ'g Whitechapel.Whitechapel.London includ'g WhitechapelWhitechapel.
  • Page 23
    T able K.—CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE RECDIVED INTO METROPOLITAN ASYTUMS' BOARD HOSPITALS DURING 1887.
    Quarter ending April 2nd.Quarter ending July 2nd.Quarter ending October 1st.Quarter ending December 31st.Total for the year.Total for preceding year.
    From Metropolis, including WhitechapelFrom WhitechapelFrom Metropolis, including WhitechapelFrom Whitechapel.From Metropolis, including WhitechapelFrom Whitechapel.From Metropolis, including WhitechapelFrom Whitechapel.From Metropolis, including WhitechapelFrom Whitechapel.From Metropolis, including WhitechapelFrom Whitechapel.
  • Page 24
    T able L—VACCINATION STATISTICS.
  • Page 25
    TABLE M.— WHITECHAPEL DISTRICT DEATHS FOR 1887..
    Causes of Death.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.Causes of Death.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.
  • Page 26
    Table N.—METROPOLITAN DEATHS FOR 1887.
    Causes of Death.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.Causes of Death.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.
  • Page 27
    TABLE O.—PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES DEALT WITH DURING THE YEAR.
    NAME OF PLACE.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Typhus FeverEnteric FeverDiphtheria.Measles.NAME OF PLACE.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Diphtheria.Measles.NAME OF PLACE.Small Pox.Scarlet FeverTyphus FeverEnteric FeverDiphtheria.Measles.
  • Page 28
    Table P.—SANITARY AND OTHER WORK PERFORMED BY THE INSPECTORS.
    Classification of Work.Quarter ending April 2nd.Quarter ending July 2nd.Quarter ending Oct. 1st.Quarter ending December 31st.Totals for the year.
  • Page 29
    T able Q —METEOROLOGICAL STATISTICS.
    No. of Hours of Registered Bright Sunshine.Mean of Degree of Humidity (saturation represented by 100).Mean Reading of Barometer (in inches).Mean of Horizontal movement of Air (miles per hour).Mean Temperature (Fahrenheit).Rainfall (in inches).Rain or Snow (Number of days fall).
    Greenwich.Lewes.
  • Page 30
    Table K.—METEOROLOGICAL STATISTICS.— Highest and Lowest Records.
    No. of Hours of Registered Bright Sunshine in London.Humidity of Atmosphere.Reading of the Barometer (in inches).Horizontal movement of Air (milesper hour).Temperature (Fahrenheit).Rainfall (in inches).Ozone.