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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Outlying Public Institutions and Extra-Metropolitan Asylums' Deaths:—
Total Number of Deaths = 192 | Males 97 | |
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Females 95 | ||
Age Distribution of Deaths. | Sub-District Distribution of Deaths. | |
Under the age of 1 year 19 | ||
Between the ages of 1 and 5 37 | Spitalfields Sub-District 57 | |
,, ,, 5„ 20 17 | Mile End New Town do 20 | |
,, ,, 20 „ 40 41 | Whitechapel Church do 70 | |
,, ,, 40 „ 60 35 | Goodman's Fields do 19 | |
,, ,, 60 ,, 80 31 | Aldgatp do 26 | |
Over the age of 80 12 |
Classification of Cause of Deaths:—
Zymotic Diseases | Measles | 3 |
Scarlet Fever | ||
Pertussis | 1 | |
Diphtheria | 30 | |
Enteric Fever | 3 | |
Diarrhcea | 3 | |
Constitutional Diseases | 33 | |
Premature Birth and Old Age | 11 | |
Diseases of Nervous System | 40 | |
„ Special Sense | 2 | |
,, Circulatory System | 20 | |
,, Respiratory ,, | 22 | |
,, Digestive ,, | 5 | |
,, Urinary ,, | 5 | |
„ Generative ,, | 2 | |
,, Locomotive „ | 1 | |
Accidents ... | 5 |
Old Age Deaths:—
Age Distribution of the Deaths. | Sub-Registration District Distribution. |
Between the ages of 80 and 85 23 | Spitalfields Sub-Distri 11 |
,, ,, ,1 „ 85 „ 90 12 | Mile End New Town do 6 |
Above the age of 91 2 | "Whitechapel Church do 18 |
„ ,, 92 1 | Goodman's Fields do 3 |
,, ,, 94 1 | Aldgate do 2 |
,, ,, 99 1 |
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