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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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Statistics Compiled by Order of the Local Government Board.]
I—TABLE OF DEATHS DURING THE YEAR IN THE METROPOLITAN SANITARY DISTRICT OF WHITECHAPEL
Classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
| Names of Localities. | Mortality from all causes at subjoined ages. | For the 53 weeks of the year 1892, ending 31st December. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | & | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13. | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||||||
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| Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | FEVERS. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles, | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhœa and Dysentery, | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other causes. | Total. | |||||||||||||
| At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 & under 15. | 15 & under 25. | 25 & under 65. | 65 & upwards. | Typhus. | Enteric, or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Spitalfields— (Sub-Registration District) | 335 | 125 | 51 | 10 | 6 | 101 | 42 | Under 5 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 17 | 15 | 10 | - | - | - | 31 | - | 9 | 86 | 175 | |
| 5 upwards | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | - | - | 1 | — | — | 22 | 45 | 32 | 1 | 51 | 160 | |||||||||
| Mile End New Town (Sub-Registration District) | 678 | 148 | 75 | 11 | 24 | 294 | 126 | Under 5 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 11 | 11 | - | - | 5 | - | - | 4 | 140 | 223 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | — | 2 | 3 | - | 99 | 91 | 49 | 9 | 194 | 455 | |||||||||
| Whitechapel Church— (Sub-Registration District) | 1181 | 188 | 232 | 78 | 102 | 501 | 80 | Under 5 | 1 | 34 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 14 | 16 | 11 | - | - | 1 | 110 | 2 | 28 | 197 | 418 | |
| 5 upwards | - | 7 | - | - | 15 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 5 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 98 | 116 | 96 | 383 | 762 | |||||||||
| Goodman's Fields— (Sub-Registration District) | 210 | 67 | 36 | 7 | 11 | 58 | 31 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | 17 | 1 | 10 | 63 | 103 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 15 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 50 | 107 | |||||||||
| Deaths occurring in the London Hospital | 907 | 81 | 167 | 74 | 97 | 443 | 45 | Under 5 | — | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | - | - | - | 62 | 1 | 27 | 105 | 247 | |
| 5 upwards | - | 6 | - | - | 15 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 82 | 98 | 94 | 332 | 660 | |||||||||
| Deaths occurring in the Whitechapel Infirmary | 431 | 50 | 25 | 1 | 16 | 233 | 106 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | 13 | - | 1 | 49 | 75 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 80 | 74 | 33 | 5 | 49 154 | 356 | |||||||||
| Deaths within the Whitechapel District of Non-Residents | 746 | 60 | n6 | 54 | 77 | 398 | 41 | Under 5 | - | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | 40 | 1 | 23 | 83 | 181 | |
| 5 upwards | - | 6 | - | - | 15 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 61 | 86 | 86 | 281 | 565 | |||||||||
| Deaths of District Resi dents in out- lying Public Institutions | 220 | 24 | 66 | 28 | 14 | 57 | 31 | Under 5 | 20 | 2Q | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | - | 1 | 24 | 90 | |
| 5 upwards | 7 | ii | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 13 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 66 | 130 | |||||||||