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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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Extracted from Returns Issued by Registrar-General. Deaths under one year to 1,000 Births.
| Sanitary Areas | Quarter ending April 4th, 1891. | Quarter ending July 4th, 1891. | Quarter ending Oct. 3rd, 1891. | Quarter ending Jan. 2nd, 1892. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registration London ... | 137 | 133 | 183 | 159 |
| East Division. | ||||
| Shoreditch | 140 | 135 | 223 | 208 |
| Bethnal Green | 139 | 141 | 190 | 196 |
| Whitechape | 134 | 136 | 215 | 153 |
| St. George-in-the-East | 157 | 162 | 210 | 183 |
| Stepney | 156 | 169 | 193 | 158 |
| Mile End Old Town | 126 | 135 | 190 | 148 |
| Poplar | 132 | 138 | 152 | 174 |
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.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registration, London. | 8 | 1802 | 577 | 1329 | 2872 | 8 | 527 | 42 | 2413 | 4,211,056 |
| East Division. | ||||||||||
| Shoreditch | ... | 114 | 15 | 42 | 107 | ... | 18 | 1 | 103 | 124,009 |
| Bethnal Green | ... | 1oo | 29 | 61 | 127 | ... | 18 | i | 80 | i34>134 |
| Whitechapel | ... | 36 | 8 | 54 | 36 | ... | 6 | 2 | 52 | 74,462 |
| St. George-in-the-East. | ... | 33 | 7 | 19 | 15 | ... | 7 | ... | 69 | 45.546 |
| Stepney | ... | 12 | 5 | 16 | 61 | ... | 6 | ... | 43 | 57.599 |
| Mile End Old Town | 2 | 32 | 11 | 37 | 47 | ... | 13 | 1 | 62 | 107,565 |
| Poplar | ... | 56 | 26 | 55 | 148 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 72 | 166,697 |