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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 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: Table 1. — CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSE OF DEATH.

Table 1. — CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSE OF DEATH.

Class of Disease.Percentage of Deaths to Total Deaths.
London includ'g WhitechapelWhitechapel. District.
Zymotic Diseases (as named in the Registrar-General's Weekly Return)14.4612.98
Parasitic Diseases0.120.13
Privation and Alcoholism0.630.52
Constitutional Diseases20.4222.63
Premature Birth and Old Age6.757.24
Diseases of Nervous System11.6210.95
,, Organs of Special Sense0.150.00
,, Circulatory System8.537.63
,, Respiratory19.9022.89
,, Digestive5.696.45
Lymphatic „0.140.06
Urinary „2.662.80
,, Generative „0.330.26
Accidents of Childbirth „0.210.39
Diseases of Locomotive System0.490.13
„ Integumentary „0.280.52
Violent Deaths—Accident3.273.19
Homicide0.100.06
Suicide0.490.45
Execution0.000.00
Other Causes3.670.06

Table: Table L.— VACCINATION STATISTICS.

Table L.— VACCINATION STATISTICS.

Certificates of successful Vaccination registered by Mr. W. M. Sherman, Vaccination Officer:
Born in the Whitechapel Union2359
Resident in the Union but born elsewhere275
Returned as "Insusceptible"5
Total2639
Public Vaccinator's Statistics:
PrimaryBy Public Vaccinator1860
By Infirmary Medical Superintendent104
1964
Re-VaccinationBy Public Vaccinator2
By Infirmary Medical Superintendent0
2