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Whitechapel 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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MODEL DWELLINGS, 1897.

Name and Situation of Dwellings.Number of Apartments.Number of W.C's.Number of Inhabitants,Total Population.Deaths.
Adults.Children.
Albert buildings4747106461522
Alexandra buildings29237333106-
Alfred buildings26266524892
Blackwall buildings1568040927768616
Booth street buildings1443039828368114
Brady street buildings286250675573124816
Brunswick buildings280280823583140621
Buckle street buildings3010107841914
College buildings7054117641812
Davis mansions1321325803409208
Fleur-de-lis buildings207425294-
Glasshouse buildings251263391021
Gt. Eastern bldgs., Fieldgate st.4732105611662
Gt. Eastern bldgs., Quaker st.924818215733910
Godfrey house2424100481483
Helena house242480501304
Howard's buildings838324112136212
Irene house3030120701902
Josephine house3131130601904
Katharine buildings2637444322566816
Lolesworth buildings202693902256159
Metropolitan buildings6060222783005
Montague houses241255611161
Morrison's buildings (south)5454142291711
Nathaniel buildings17015140539279710
New buildings, Tenter street25276243105-
Peabody bldgs., Commercial st.6045156662225
Peabody bldgs., Glasshouse st.286120669398106724
Pelham street buildings72722001403402
Plough street buildings4615110771872
Rothschild's buildings228218561551111218
Royal Mint square22511048119167228
Ruth house252590501401
Shepherd street buildings3514110661765
St. George's house423080361162
Strafford houses40401621002623
Tenter buildings2613422769-
Victoria buildings16163421551
Wentworth buildings222158718566128413
Winifred house282811060170-
Totals372525749658636716025269

The Deaths took place as follows:-

In the London Hospital22
„ Whitechapel Infirmary13
„ Ilford Asylum6
„ Homerton Fever Hospital5
„ Shadwell Hospital5
„ Metropolitan Hospital3
„ Children's Hospital, Gt. Ormond Street8
„ South-Eastern Fever Hospital3
„ German Hospital2
„ South Grove Workhouse2
„ Colney Hatch Asylum2
,, North-Eastern Fever Hospital2
,, Evelina Hospital1
„ Royal Chest Hospital1
,, City of London Infirmary1
„ St. Bartholomew's Hospital1
Guy's Hospital1
At the several Model Dwellings196
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