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Whitechapel 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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The Deaths were Registered as due to the following Causes:-
| Zymotic Diseases | 84 |
| Constitutional Diseases | 60 |
| Premature Birth and Old Age | 14 |
| Diseases of the Nervous System | 36 |
| „ „ Circulatory System | 14 |
| „ ,, Respiratory „ | 68 |
| „ „ Digestive „ | 25 |
| „ „ Urinary „ | 3 |
| ,, „ Integumentary System | - |
| Accidents—Injuries | 10 |
| Other Causes | 5 |
The District Medical Officers received a total of 5,278 New Orders during
the year. Of this number 3,885 were obtained to enable the patients to
secure admission into the Whitechapel Union Infirmary, or into a Special
Hospital. It will be seen from the figures I include as usual, that the
Registered Common Lodging Houses and the various Shelters largely contribute
to the Infirmary population.
1897.
| Shelters. | No. of Admission Orders given by the District Medical Officers. |
|---|---|
| Salvation Army Shelter for men, 272, Whitechapel road | 245 |
| „ „ women, 194, Hanbury street | 213 |
| ,, ,, men, Quaker street | 38 |
| ,, ,, men, Royal Mint street | 84 |
| Church Army Shelter for men, 231, Whitechapel road | 1 |
| Jewish Shelter, 84, Leman street | - |
| Barnardo's Shelter for women, 12 Dock street | 28 |
| ,, „ ,, 81, Commercial street | 35 |
| Tenter Street East Philanthropic Shelter | 52 |
| Wood Street Church Army Home | - |
| Working Lads'Institute, 137, Whitechapel road | - |
| Pelham House, Spital square | - |
| 696 |
In concluding this Report I am desirous of drawing attention to that part
of the Appendix which contains the Report of your Inspectors. The
Report is accompanied by a series of Tables which represent a large
amount of work successfully carried out by your Officers. I am personally
indebted to them for the ready manner in which they fall in with my views
-and for their original practical suggestions, by which the work of the
Department has been forwarded.
I have the honour to be,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
JOSEPH LOANE.