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Whitechapel 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: Table K.— CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSE OF DEATH.

Table K.— CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSE OF DEATH.

Zymotic Diseases, as named in the Registrar-General's Weekly Sheets309
Parasitic Diseases0
Privation and Alcoholism11
Constitutional Diseases419
Premature Birth and Old Age95
Diseases of Nervous System181
Organs of Special Sense3
,, Circulatory System146
Respiratory ,,430
,, Digestive „142
Lymphatic „0
„ Urinary ,,45
,, Generative ,,2
Accidents of Childbirth22
Diseases of Locomotive System9
„ Integumentary ,,5
Violent Deaths-Accidents55
Homicide2
Suicide2
Other Causes0
Total1878

Table: T able L. —Deaths belonging to the several Sanitary Areas of Registration London registered in the 52 weeks ending on 31st December, 1892, so far as the Eastern Division is concerned.

T able L. —Deaths belonging to the several Sanitary Areas of Registration London registered in the 52 weeks ending on 31st December, 1892, so far as the Eastern Division is concerned.

Name of District.Shoreditch.Bethnal Green.Whitechapel.St. George-in-the-East.Stepney.Mile End Old Town.Poplar.
Cause of Death—
Total Deaths28392984i85i a*1262145624893754
Small-pox45—B*1—1—
Measles10313665 C*627267140
Scarlet Fever365634 d*34283964
Diphtheria4411759 E*33258178
Whooping Cough10512843 F*2472110178
Typhus Fever1—1 G*————
Enteric Fever13205 H*971626
Simple Fever2—— J*———3
Diarrhœa1047942 K*593773109
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age740775574 L*344359612963
Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births registered658629624 m*751741612656

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A* = i878. B* = Nil. C* = 56. D* = 31. E*=57. F*=43. G* = 1.
H*=3. J* = Ni1 K*=38. L*=488. M*=639.
^°te—I have introduced the corredt numbers in this manner to exhibit the
extraordinary approach to accuracy which is represented by the above
returns from the office of the Registrar-General.