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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 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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I have previously shown how the District suffers, by comparison
with many others, by reason of these Registered Common
Lodging-houses. They often serve as half-way houses between
places outside our boundaries and the Whitechapel Union Infirmary.
Of the 219 deaths of these persons under consideration, which
took place in Public Institutions, 181 were registered in the Infirmary,
and 12 in the London Hospital. Nearly 30 per cent. of
the deaths were due to Phthisis. If these figures have any value,
they show the urgent need for legislation which shall provide for
the welfare of the "submerged tenth."
MODEL DWELLINGS.
Number of Apartments, Population, and Number of Deaths,
| Name and Situation of Dwellings. | Number of Apartments. | Number of Inhabitants. | Total Population. | Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Children. | ||||
| Albert buildings | 40 | ||||
| Alexandra buildings | 29 | 85 | 50 | 135 | |
| Alfred buildings | 26 | 95 | |||
| Booth street buildings | 154 | 357 | 639 | ||
| Brady street buildings | 539 | 1180 | 15 | ||
| Brunswick buildings | 432 | 1218 | |||
| Buckle street buildings | 30 | 45 | 105 | ||
| College buildings | 85 | 189 | 4 | ||
| Howard's buildings | 83 | 145 | 385 | 9 | |
| Katherine buildings | 430 | 650 | |||
| Lolesworth buildings | 348 | 510 | |||
| 195 | 97 | 292 | 9 | ||
| 54 | 71 | 200 | ... | ||
| New buildings, Tenter street | 54 | 31 | 85 | ... | |
| Peabody buildings, Commercial St | 79 | 220 | |||
| Peabody buildings, Glasshouse St. | 385 | 1076 | 38 | ||
| Plough street buildings | 75 | 43 | 118 | 2 | |
| Rothschild's buildings | 433 | 1039 | 24 | ||
| Royal Mint Buildings | 589 | 23 | |||
| Shepherd street buildings | 51 | 133 | 3 | ||
| St. George's houses | 3 | ||||
| Tenter buildings | 25 | 54 | ... | ||
| Wentworth buildings | 532 | ||||
| 244 | |||||
Of the total Deaths in Model Dwellings, there were 9 from
Diphtheria, 3 from Enteric Fever, 1 from Puerperal Fever, 18
from Measles, 5 from Diarrhœa, and 9 from Whooping Cough.
Over 20 per cent. of the Deaths were registered in Public
Institutions,
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