London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
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]
This page requires JavaScript
I append the correct list:-
| Shelters. | No. of Admission Orders given by the District Medical Officers. |
|---|---|
| Salvation Army Shelter for men, 272, Whitechapel-road | 182 |
| „ „ women, 194, Hanbury-street | 222 |
| „ „ men, Quaker-street | 102 |
| „ men, Royal Mint-street | 56 |
| Church Army Shelter for men, 83, Whitechapel-road | 2 |
| Tenter-street Shelter for Foreign Jews | 21 |
| Barnardo's Shelter for women, 12, Dock-street | 62 |
| 647 |
When to this list is added the many cases where admission is
obtained on the score of "urgency," without the intervention of the
District Medical Officers, it will be apparent that such shelters
influence the statistics in a very considerable degree.
MODEL DWELLINGS.
Number of Apartments, Population, and Number of Deaths, 1892.
| Name and Situation of Dwellings. | Number of Apartments. | Number of Inhabitants. | Total Population. | Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Children. | ||||
| Albert buildings | 40 | 130 | 67 | 197 | 1 |
| Alexandra buildings | 29 | 83 | 75 | 158 | 1 |
| Alfred buildings | 26 | 60 | 28 | 88 | 3 |
| Blackwall buildings, Thomas street | 156 | 298 | 354 | 652 | 32 |
| Booth street buildings | 154 | 361 | 391 | 752 | 15 |
| Brady street buildings | 286 | 609 | 584 | 1193 | 20 |
| Brunswick buildings | 280 | 812 | 510 | 1322 | 21 |
| Buckle street buildings | 30 | 61 | 59 | 120 | 4 |
| College buildings | 85 | 81 | 69 | 150 | 5 |
| Glasshouse buildings | 25 | 50 | 39 | 89 | 3 |
| Gt. Eastern buildings, Fieldgate St. | 47 | 95 | 70 | 165 | 5 |
| Gt. Eastern buildings, Quaker st. | 92 | 181 | 159 | 340 | 15 |
| Howard's buildings | 83 | 357 | 126 | 483 | 8 |
| Katherine buildings | 263 | 422 | 277 | 699 | 29 |
| Lolesworth buildings | 202 | 383 | 234 | 617 | 13 |
| Metropolitan buildings | 60 | 304 | 95 | 399 | 4 |
| Morrison's buildings (south) | 54 | 104 | 57 | 161 | 4 |
| New buildings, Tenter street | 25 | 64 | 48 | 112 | 3 |
| Peabody buildings, Commercial St | 60 | 159 | 76 | 235 | 4 |
| Peabody buildings. Glasshouse St. | 286 | 698 | 413 | 1111 | 22 |
| Plough street buildings | 46 | 77 | 43 | 120 | 3 |
| Rothschild's buildings | 228 | 513 | 636 | 1149 | 18 |
| Royal Mint buildings | 225 | 384 | 305 | 689 | 22 |
| Shepherd street buildings | 34 | 93 | 88 | 181 | 3 |
| St. George's house | 42 | 71 | 45 | 116 | 6 |
| Strafford houses | 40 | 129 | 60 | 89 | 4 |
| Tenter buildings | 25 | 41 | 35 | 56 | - |
| Went worth buildings | 222 | 5*9 | 636 | 1155 | 28 |
| Totals | 3145 | 7139 | 5579 | 12718 | 296 |