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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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The Deaths took place as follows:—
| In the Whitechapel Infirmary | 141 |
| „ London Hospital | 11 |
| „ German Hospital | 1 |
| „ St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 1 |
| „ Homerton Hospital | 1 |
| „ Guy's Hospital | 1 |
| „ Banstead Asylum | 1 |
| At the several Lodging-houses | 21 |
| 178 |
It is obvious that no useful statistics can be compiled from
these data, because the necessary factors are absent. The
persons occupying the beds in Common Lodging-houses are
migratory in their habits, and although they are often belonging
to other Districts, when illness overtakes them, their natural
destination as shown above, is the Union Infirmary.
REGISTERED CAUSES OF DEATH
In the cases of persons living in Registered Common Lodging Houses.
| Syncope | 11 | Laryngitis | 1 |
| Morbus Cordis | 9 | Ulcerative Endocarditis | 1 |
| Phthisis | 45 | Meningitis | |
| Rheumatism | 2 | Cardiac Disease | 1 |
| Intestinal Obstruction | 1 | Syphilis | 1 |
| Senile Decay | 5 | Apoplexy | |
| Bronchitis | 23 | Scarlet Fever | 1 |
| Hepatic Disease | 1 | Paralysis | 1 |
| Hemiplegia | 1 | Tuberculosis | |
| Pneumonia | 12 | Sacro. Iliac. Disease | 1 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | Peritonitis | 1 |
| Malig. Dis. of Pylorus | 1 | Malig. Dis. of Neck | 1 |
| Hoemorrhage | 1 | Tabes Dorsalis | 1 |
| Cancer of Liver | 1 | Fradlured Spine | 1 |
| Lardaceous Kidney | 1 | Empyema | 1 |
| Epithelioma of Tonsil | 1 | Asthma | 1 |
| Bright's Disease | 3 | Rupture | 1 |
| Tetanus | 1 | Debility | 1 |
| Influenza | 15 | Mal-nutrition | 1 |
| Alcoholism | 2 | Uroemia | 1 |
| Lymphadenoma | 1 | Serous Effusion on Brain | 1 |
| Premature Birth | 1 | Inflam. of Lungs | 1 |
| Measles | 2 | Carcinoma Uteri | 1 |
| Convulsions | 3 | Coma | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | Erysipelas | 1 |
| Pleurisy | 2 | Total | 178 |
| Paraplegia | 1 | ||
| Cellulitis | 2 |