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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 WHITE CHAPEL-(Continued).
Classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
| Description of Sub- REGISTRATION DISTRICTS, Public Institutions, &c. | Mortality from all causes at | Age. | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 2 | ||||||||
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| At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 & under 15. | 15 & under 25. | 25 & under 65 | 65 and upwards. | Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | FEVERS. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentary. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, & Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other causes. | Totals. | ||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goodman's Fields-(Sub-Registration District) | 1st Qtr. | 58 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 12 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 2 | 7 | 15 | 58 |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 43 | ||||||||||
| 2nd „ | 42 | 12 | 13 | 2 | - | 10 | 5 | Under 5 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | 11 | 23 | 42 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | - | 11 | 19 | ||||||||||
| 3rd „ | 71 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 4 | Under 5 | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | - | 21 | 42 | 71 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 7 | - | 6 | 29 | ||||||||||
| 4th ” | 44 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | Under 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | 1 | 10 | 20 | 44 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Total for year | 215 | 63 | 39 | 9 | 8 | 70 | 26 | Under 5 | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 24 | 2 | 3 | 49 | 100 | 215 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 14 | 28 | 20 | 14 | 35 | 115 | ||||||||||
| Deaths of District Residents registered in out- lying Public Institutions | 1st Qtr. | 64 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 22 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 4 | 8 | 64 |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 14 | 10 | - | 27 | 56 | ||||||||||
| 2nd „ | 49 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | Under 5 | - | 3 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 7 | 22 | 49 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | 17 | 27 | ||||||||||
| 3rd „ | 54 | 6 | 16 | 5 | - | 18 | 9 | Under 5 | - | 4 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 5 | 22 | 54 | |
| 5 upwards | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 22 | 32 | ||||||||||
| 4th ,, | 65 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 12 | Under 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | 17 | 65 | |
| 5 upwards | - | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Total for year | 232 | 21 | 48 | 12 | 7 | 91 | 53 | Under 5 | - | 14 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 13 | - | - | 19 | 69 | 232 | |
| 5 upwards | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 17 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 83 | 163 | ||||||||||