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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 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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TABLE OF DEATHS DURING THE YEAR IN THE METROPOLITAN SANITARY DISTRICT OF WHITECHAPEL.
Classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
| Description of Sub-Registration Districts, Public Institutions, &c. | Mortality from all causes at subjoined ages. | Age. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||||||||
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| Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | FEVER. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia & Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other causes | Totals. | |||||||||||||||
| At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 & under 15. | 15 & under 25. | 25 A under 65. | 65 & upwards. | Typhus. | Enteric, or Typhoid | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Spitalfields- (Sub-Registration District) | 1st Qtr. | 87 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 20 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | - | 1 | 18 | 36 | 87 |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 21 | 9 | - | 17 | 51 | ||||||||||
| 2nd ,, | 57 | 18 | 24 | 2 | - | 8 | 5 | Under 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 12 | 1 | - | 21 | 42 | 57 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 3 | - | 6 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 3rd ,, | 101 | 55 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | Under 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 2 | 9 | - | - | 1 | 8 | - | - | 44 | 72 | 101 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 29 | ||||||||||
| 4th „ | 77 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | Under 5 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 13 | - | 2 | 21 | 46 | 77 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Total for year | 322 | 125 | 71 | 6 | 5 | 68 | 47 | Under 5 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 4 | 13 | - | - | 2 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 104 | 196 | 322 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 11 | 35 | 22 | 3 | 54 | 126 | ||||||||||
| Mile End New Town- Sub-Registration District) | 1st Qtr. | 191 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 99 | 46 | Under 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 14 | - | - | 20 | 40 | 191 |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 51 | 151 | ||||||||||
| 2nd ,, | 126 | 22 | 12 | - | 6 | 68 | 18 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 10 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 34 | 126 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 33 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 3rd „ | 134 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 55 | 12 | Under 5 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 7 | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 34 | 57 | 134 | |
| 5 upwards | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 29 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 31 | 77 | ||||||||||
| 4th „ | 146 | 35 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 69 | 19 | Under 5 | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 53 | 146 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 93 | ||||||||||
| Total for year | 597 | 128 | 56 | 8 | 19 | 291 | 95 | Under 5 | - | 1 | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 1 | 11 | - | - | 4 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 92 | 184 | 597 | |
| 5 upwards | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 123 | 89 | 43 | 7 | 145 | 413 | ||||||||||
| Deaths occuring in the Whitechapel Union Infirmary | 1st Qtr. | 126 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 82 | 28 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 5 | 11 | 126 |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 39 | 115 | |||||||||||
| 2nd „ | 86 | 6 | 1 | - | 4 | 59 | 16 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 7 | 86 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 28 | 79 | ||||||||||
| 3rd ,, | 68 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 9 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 6 | 13 | 68 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 26 | 2 | 7 | - | 19 | 55 | ||||||||||
| 4th ,, | 99 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 63 | 17 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 14 | 99 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 85 | ||||||||||
| Total for year | 379 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 245 | 70 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | 11 | 1 | - | 24 | 45 | 379 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 114 | 60 | 33 | 4 | 113 | 334 | ||||||||||