Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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Table I.—CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSE OF DEATH.
Class of Disease. | Percentage of Deaths to Total Deaths. | |
---|---|---|
London includ'g Whitechapel | Whitechapel District. | |
Zymotic Diseases (as named in the Registrar-General's Weekly Return) | 15.96 | 14.63 |
Parasitic Diseases | 0.10 | 0.00 |
Privation and Alcoholism | 0.61 | 0.26 |
Constitutional Diseases | 19.32 | 20.31 |
Premature Birth and Old Age | 5.93 | 5.'62 |
Diseases of Nervous System | 10.67 | 10.'77 |
„ Organs of Special Sense | 0.16 | 0.00 |
,, Circulatory System | 8.23 | 6.53 |
„ Respiratory „ | 22.97 | 26.20 |
„ Digestive „ | 5.32 | 7.12 |
Lymphatic „ | 0.14 | 0.10 |
„Urinary „ | 2.43 | 3.53 |
„ Generative „ | 0.35 | 0.32 |
Accidents of Childbirth „ | 0.22 | 0.37 |
Diseases of Locomotive System | 0.43 | 0.10 |
„ Integumentary „ | 0.32 | 0.37 |
Violent Deaths—Accident | 2.92 | 2.94 |
Homicide | 0.08 | 0.00 |
Suicide | 0.39 | 0.53 |
Execution | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Other Causes | 3.35 | 0.10 |
T able L.—VACCINATION STATISTICS.
Certificates of successful Vaccination registered by Mr. W. M. Sherman, Vaccination Officer: | ||||
Born in the Whitechapel Union | 2474 | |||
Resident in the Union but born elsewhere | 240 | |||
Returned as "Insusceptible . | 1 | |||
Total | 2715 | |||
*This case occurred in the practice of a private practitioner. | ||||
Public Vaccinator's Statistics: | ||||
Primary | By Public Vaccinator | 2001 | ||
By Infirmary Medical Superintendent | 130 | |||
2131 | ||||
Re-Vaccination. . | By Public Vaccinator | 5 | ||
By Infirmary Medical Superintendent† | 0 | |||
5 | ||||
†With lymph supplied from public station. |