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Whitechapel 1890

[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 WhitechapelWhitechapel District.
Zymotic Diseases (as named in the Registrar-General's Weekly Return)15.9614.63
Parasitic Diseases0.100.00
Privation and Alcoholism0.610.26
Constitutional Diseases19.3220.31
Premature Birth and Old Age5.935.'62
Diseases of Nervous System10.6710.'77
„ Organs of Special Sense0.160.00
,, Circulatory System8.236.53
„ Respiratory „22.9726.20
„ Digestive „5.327.12
Lymphatic „0.140.10
„Urinary „2.433.53
„ Generative „0.350.32
Accidents of Childbirth „0.220.37
Diseases of Locomotive System0.430.10
„ Integumentary „0.320.37
Violent Deaths—Accident2.922.94
Homicide0.080.00
Suicide0.390.53
Execution0.000.00
Other Causes3.350.10

T able L.—VACCINATION STATISTICS.

Certificates of successful Vaccination registered by Mr. W. M. Sherman, Vaccination Officer:
Born in the Whitechapel Union2474
Resident in the Union but born elsewhere240
Returned as "Insusceptible .1
Total2715
*This case occurred in the practice of a private practitioner.
Public Vaccinator's Statistics:
PrimaryBy Public Vaccinator2001
By Infirmary Medical Superintendent130
2131
Re-Vaccination. .By Public Vaccinator5
By Infirmary Medical Superintendent†0
5
†With lymph supplied from public station.