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Thirty-seven persons lived to over the age of 80 years, and 3
of these survived to above 90, one of whom died in the Spitalfields
Sub-District, aged 96. It is interesting to record that of these old
people, 23 were women and 14 were men. Twenty-seven of the
deaths were registered as Old Age, 2 were attributed to Accidents,
and the remainder to Chest or Nervous diseases.
Uncertified
Deaths.
During the year, 9 deaths (males 4, females 5,) were registered
as "uncertified," of which all but one were of infants. The latter
were certified by Midwives in all cases as
"Premature birth" or "Convulsions." Their
ages varied from a few hours to 5 days. The
Adult case was a woman, aged 45, whose death
was probably caused by disease of the heart.
District Public
Institutions.
It will appear from a statement elsewhere, that 886 persons
died during the year in the London Hospital. Only 138 of these
were residents in the District. Over 55 per cent.
of our residents who died away from their homes,
selected the London Hospital for treatment. In
the Whitechapel Union Infirmary, 68 births, and
285 deaths were recorded, 5 of the latter belonged to other
Districts. Thus 280 Residents died in the Infirmary this year,
against 316 in 1886, and 292 in 1885.
During the same period the District Medical Officers received
a total of 3983 new Orders for attendance upon patients either at
the Dispensary in Thomas Street, or at the patients' homes. Of
these, 2340 were immediately received either into the Infirmary in
Baker's Row, or into special hospitals. The diseases for which
these persons required treatment, will be found particularized upon
Table H* of the Appendix. From statements kindly furnished to
me, by Mr. W. Vallance, Clerk to the Whitechapel Board of
Guardians, it appears that the Infirmary, during the year, has
contained numbers varying each week, from 648 to 461, or a
weekly average of 546.2; whilst the weekly admissions have
ranged between 97 and 44, equal to an average of 62.5 per week.
The total number of Districft Medical Orders issued, were 482
in excess of the preceding year, whilst the admissions were 302 in
excess. The Infirmary deaths were 38 fewer than in 1886.
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