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Whitechapel 1891

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

Published
1892
Pages
46
Tables
31

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31 tables in this report

  • Page 3
    REGISTRAR'S SUMMARY—CENSUS, 1891. Separate Families (Schedules), Houses and Population in each Sub-Distridt of the Whitechapel District.
    Sub-District.Houses according to Classes.Tenements of less than Five Rooms.Persons.Total.Separate Families Schdules.
    Inhabtd.Uninhabited.Building.Males.Female.
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    " persons of an age, eminently calculated to increase the number " of births."
    Year.Births.Deaths.Natural Increase.
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    DEATHS, WHEREVER REGISTERED, REFERRED CORRECTLY TO THE RESPECTIVE SUB-DISTRICTS.
    Year.Spitalfields.Mile End New Town.Whitechapel Church.Goodman's Fields.Aldgate.Total.
  • Page 10
    VIOLENT DEATHS:—
    Total number of Deaths, 47Males, 30.
    Females, 17.
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    Causes of the Deaths:—
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    Outlying Public Institutions and Extra-Metropolitan Asylums' Deaths:—
    Total Number of Deaths = 192Males 97
    Females 95
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    Classification of Cause of Deaths:—
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    Old Age Deaths:—
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    REGISTERED COMMON LODGING HOUSES, 1891.
    Name of Street.No. of Houses registered.Deaths in Infirmary and elsewhere of Lodgers.
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    Cause of Death :—
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    1891, given admission orders into the Whitechapel Infirmary to lodgers from the following institutions:—
    Shelter.No. of Admission Orders given.
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    MODEL DWELLINGS. Number of Apartments, Population, and Number of Deaths, 1891.
    Name and Situation of Dwellings.Number of Apartments.Number of Inhabitants.Total Population.Deaths.
    Adults.Children.
  • Page 33
    Table A:—Births Registered in the Whitechapel Distritft during the year 1891.
    Sub Registration Districts.Spital-fields.Mile End New TownWhitechapel Church.Goodmans Fields.Aldgate.Total.
    Boys.Girls.
  • Page 33
    Table B.—Deaths registered in the Whitechapel District during 1891.
    Sub-Registration Districts.Spital-fields.Mile End New TownWhitechapel Church.Goodmans Fields.Aldgate.Total.
    Males.Females.
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    Table C.—The 778 Deaths of Non-Residents which took place in the Distrid were Registered as under .
    Spitalfields.Mile End New Town (Whitechapel Infirmary).Whitechapel Church (London Hospital).Goodman's Fields.Aldgate (River Thames.)
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    Table D.—Outlying Public Institutions, &c., where Residents of the Whitechapel District Died during the Year.
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    Table E.—Correct District Mortality Table. Residents' Deaths, wherever registered, being correctly referred to their proper Sub-DistriiSs).
    Sub-Registration DistrictsSpital-fields.Mile End New TownWhitechapel Church.Goodmans Fields.Aldgate.Total.
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    Table F.—Showing the Ages at Death of the Residents who died during the Year.
    1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Total.
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    Table G. —Total Births and Deaths in London, and Deaths under 5 years of age.
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    T able H.—DISTRICT MEDICAL OFFICERS' ANALYSIS OF CASES FOR 1891.
    Diseases.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.Diseases.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.
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    T able I.—CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSE OF DEATH.
    Class of Disease.Percentage of Deaths to Total Deaths.
    London including Whitechapel.Whitechapel
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    T able L.—VACCINATION STATISTICS.
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    TABLE M.-WHITECHAPEL DISTRICT DEATHS FOR 1891.
    Causes of Death.1 st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.Causes of Death.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.
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    T able N.—METROPOLITAN DEATHS FOR 1891.
    Causes of Death.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4 th Quar.Total.Causes of Death.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Totel.
  • Page 39
    TABLE O.—PR1NC1PAL ZYMOT1C D1SEASES DEALT W1TH DUR1NG THE YEAR.
    NAME OF PLACE.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Typhus FeverEnter1c FeverD1phther1a.MeaslesErys1pelas.Croup.NAME OF PLACE.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Typhus FeverEnter1c FeverD1phther1a.Measles.Erys1pelas.Croup.NAME OF PLACE.Small PoxScarlet FeverTyphus Fever!Enter1c FeverD1phther1a.Measles.Erys1pelas.Croup.
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    Table O. {Continued). —PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES DEALT WITH DURING THE YEAR.
    name of place.Small PoxScarlet Fever |Typhus FeverEnteric FeverDiphtheria*MeaslesErysipelas.Croup.name of place.Small Pox.Scarlet FeverTyphus FeverEnteric FeverDiphtheria.Measles.Erysipelas.Croup.name of place.| Small Pox.Scarlet Fever. 1Typhus Fever 1Enteric Fever 1Diphtheria.Measles.Erysipelas.Croup.
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    table P.—SANITARY AND OTHER WORK PERFORMED BY THE INSPECTORS.
    Classification of Work.Quarter ending Mar. 28th.Quarter ending June27th.Quarter ending Sept. 26th.Quarter ending Dec. 26th.Totals for the year.
  • Page 42
    Extracted from Returns Issued by Registrar-General. Deaths under one year to 1,000 Births.
    Sanitary AreasQuarter ending April 4th, 1891.Quarter ending July 4th, 1891.Quarter ending Oct. 3rd, 1891.Quarter ending Jan. 2nd, 1892.
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    Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases.
    Sanitary Areas.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet-fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-cough.Typhus.Enteric-fever.Simple and undefined fever.Diarrhcea.Population. (census unre-vised.)
  • Page 43
    T able Q — METEOROLOGICAL STATISTICS.
    No. of Hours of Registered Bright Sunshine.Mean of Degree of Humidity (saturation represented by 100).Mean Reading of Barometer (in inches).Mean Temperature (Fahrenheit).Rainfall (in inches).
    Greenwich.Lewes.
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    T able R.—METEOROLOGICAL STATISTICS.—HIGHEST AND LOWEST RECORDS.
    No. of Hours of Registered Bright Sunshine in London.Humidity of Atmosphere.Reading of the Barometer (in inches).Temperature (Fahrenheit).Ozone.