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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 D.—Outlying Public Institutions and Other Places where Residents of the Whitechapel District Died during the Year:—
| Name of Institution or Place. | No. of Deaths. | Name of Institution or Place. | No. of Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asylums' Board Hospitals— | Brought forward | 117 | |
| Homerton Fever Hospital | 8 | Guy's Hospital | 2 |
| North-Eastern do. | 7 | Hand-in-Hand Asylum | 1 |
| North-Western do. | 3 | Jewish Home, Stepney Green | 2 |
| South-Eastern do. | 14 | Jews' Home, Hackney | 2 |
| South-Western do. | 1 | Lunatic Asylum, Friern Barnet | 1 |
| Brook Fever do. | 2 | Mile End Old Town Infirmary | 1 |
| Banstead Asylum | 1 | Metropolitan Hospital | 7 |
| Cane Hill do. | 1 | Mildmay do. | 1 |
| Colney Hatch Asylum | 12 | National do. | 1 |
| Hanwell do. | 2 | Poplar do. | 1 |
| Ilford do. | 13 | Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum | 2 |
| Leavesden do. | 5 | Royal Chest Hospital | 6 |
| Battersea High Street | 1 | St. Ann's House | 1 |
| Bethnal Green Workhouse | 5 | St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 10 |
| Bethnal House Asylum | 1 | St. Elizabeth's Home | 1 |
| Charing Cross Hospital | 1 | St. George's Infirmary | 2 |
| Children's Hospital, Gt. Ormond street | 7 | St. Joseph's Home | 1 |
| St. Luke's Hospital | 1 | ||
| Children's Hospital, Shadwell | 16 | St. Peter's Home | 1 |
| City Infirmary, Bow | 2 | Salvation Army Home | 1 |
| City of London Chest Hospital | 1 | Shoreditch Infirmary | 1 |
| do. do. Workhouse | 1 | South Grove (Whitechapel Work | |
| Evelina Children's Hospital | 1 | house) | 41 |
| French Hospital, Hackney | 1 | Station Hospital | 4 |
| German Hospital | 11 | Other Places | 2 |
| Carried forward | 117 | Total | 210 |
122 were Males and 88 were Females.
The above Deaths were Registered at the Following Ages:—
Under the Age of 1 year 27
Between 1 and 5 years 34
„ 5 „ 20 „ 16
„ 20 „ 40 „ 33
„ 40 ,, 60 „ 24
„ 60 „ 80 „ 65
Over the Age of 80 years 11
Causes of Death of District Residents who Died in Outlying Public Institutions or elswhere than within the District.
| Zymotic Diseases | 32 |
| Constitutional Diseases | 43 |
| Old Age or Premature Birth | 11 |
| Diseases of the Nervous System | 38 |
| Diseases of the Heart | 18 |
| Respiratory Diseases | 32 |
| Diseases of the Digestive System | 16 |
| „ ,, Urinary | 9 |
| Accident, &c. | 4 |
| Other Causes | 7 |
| 210 |