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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 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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TABLE OF DEATHS DURING THE YEAR 1897 IN THE METROPOLITAN SANITARY DISTRICT OF WHITECHAPEL- (Continued).
Classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
| Description of SubRegistration Districts and Public Institutions, also Outlying Public Institution Deaths. | 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 | Total. | ||||||||
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| Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | FEVERS. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhœa and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneunonia,& Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other causes. | ||||||||||||||||
| At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 & under 15. | 15 & under 25. | 25 & under 65 | 65 and upwards | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Goodman's Fields-(Sub-Registration District) | 1st Qtr. | 35 | 9 | 5 | - | 1 | 15 | 5 | Under 5 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 8 | 14 | 35 |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | -__ | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 21 | ||||||||||
| 2nd „ | 39 | 16 | 8 | - | 2 | 9 | 4 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | 14 | 24 | 39 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | |||||||||||
| 3rd „ | 60 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 30 | 38 | 60 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | ||||||||||
| 4th „ | 35 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 7 | - | 1 | 5 | 15 | 35 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | 2 | - | 9 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Total for year | 169 | 64 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 24 | Under 5 | -_ | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 91 | 169 | ||
| 5 upwards | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 13 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 25 | 78 | ||||||||||
| Deaths of District Residents registered in out-lying Public Institutions | 1st Qtr. | 57 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | Under 5 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | 6 | 16 | 57 |
| 5 upwards | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 5 | 5 | - | 22 | 41 | ||||||||||
| 2nd „ | 45 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | Under 5 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 4 | 10 | 45 | |
| 5 upwards | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 35 | ||||||||||
| 3rd „ | 60 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 11 | Under 5 | - | 4 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 10 | 25 | 60 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 35 | ||||||||||
| 4th „ | 48 | 3 | 7 | 3 | - | 14 | 21 | Under 5 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 4 | 10 | 48 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Total for year | 210 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 70 | 59 | Under 5 | - | 8 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 14 | 1 | - | 24 | 61 | 210 | |
| 5 upwards | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 21 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 76 | 149 | ||||||||||