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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 1891

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: MODEL DWELLINGS.Number of Apartments, Population, and Number of Deaths, 1891.

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.
Albert buildings4095581537
Alexandra buildings2982611433
Alfred buildings265834921
Blackwall buildings, Thomas street1563103216315
Booth street buildings15436338574816
Brady street buildings286598799139723
Brunswick buildings280763422118521
Buckle street buildings305i631142
College buildings8583671501
Gt. Eastern buildings, Fieldgate St4793631561
Gt. Eastern buildings, Quaker st.9218315333611
Howard's buildings832411273688
Katherine buildings26343822866627
Lolesworth buildings20237°19756713
Metroplitan buildings60207973046
Morrison's buioldings(south)54136732093
New buildings, Tenter street25554398i
Peabody buildings, Commercial St60201322339
Peabody buildings, Glasshouse St.286698427112532
Plough street buildings4679981776
Rothschild's buildings228540631117119
Royal Mint Buildings2253562425989
Shepherd street buildings416873i412
St. George's house4276461224
Strafford houses4012264186-
Tenter buildings25303262—
Wentworth buildings222631516114718
Totals31276927535212279248

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Deaths in Model Dwellings:—
From Zymotic Diseases 37
,, Constitutional Diseases 28
„ Premature Birth and Old Age 9
„ Diseases of Nervous System 40
,, ,, Circulatory ,, 8
,, ,, Respiratory „ 92
,, ,, Digestive ,, 12
,, ,, Urinary ,, 3
Accidents 6
Other causes 13
248