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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 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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I have no report concerning the quantity and quality of our
water supply. According to the official returns,
Water Supply
which are furnished to me monthly, the Companies
to the District.
continue to afford their customers excellent water.
REGISTERED COMMON LODGING HOUSES, 1892.
| Name of Street. | No. of Houses registered. | Deaths in Infirmary and elsewhere of Lodgers. |
|---|---|---|
| Brick lane | 7 | 12 |
| Brushfield street | 1 | ... |
| Buckle street | 1 | ... |
| Bull court, Whitechapel | 4 | ... |
| Commercial street | 2 | 14 |
| Dorset street | 14 | 37 |
| Flower and Dean street | 4 | 19 |
| Garden court | 1 | ... |
| George street | 5 | 5 |
| George yard | 6 | 1 |
| Grace's alley | 2 | 1 |
| Great Garden street | 2 | 2 |
| Great Pearl street | 1 | ... |
| Gun street | 5 | 3 |
| Hanbury street | 5 | 1 |
| Heneage street | 1 | 8 |
| Lambeth street | 1 | 1 |
| Leman street | 5 | 4 |
| Little Pearl street | 1 | ... |
| Mill yard | 1 | ... |
| Old Montague street | 1 | ... |
| Osborn place | 6 | 21 |
| Osborn street | i | ... |
| Paternoster row | 3 | 12 |
| Princes street | 1 | 6 |
| Tenter street North | 1 | ... |
| Thrawl street | 3 | 5 |
| Upper East Smithfield | 5 | |
| Well street | 2 | ... |
| Wellclose square | 1 | ... |
| Wentworth street | 5 | 14 |
| Wheeler street | 1 | ... |
| Whitechapel road | 2 | 4 |
| White's row | 3 | 3 |
| Totals0 | 101 | 178 |
Note.—Since last year 45 old Lodging houses have been abolished and 5 new
ones have been opened, making a total of 40 houses less.
Lodgers in the above houses died during the year to the
number of 178.