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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: Table I.— CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSE OF DEATH IN DISTRICT, CONTRASTED WITH LONDON.

Table I.— CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSE OF DEATH IN DISTRICT, CONTRASTED WITH LONDON.

Class of Disease.Percentage of Deaths to Total Deaths.
County of London including WhitechapelWhitechapel District.
Zymotic Diseases (as named in the Registrar-General's Returns)16.4911.89
Parasitic Diseases0.05
Privation and Alcoholism0.650.25
Constitutional Diseases20.3623.70
Premature Birth and Old Age7.074.61
Diseases of the Nervous System9.949.93
„ Organs of Special Sense0.250.18
,, Circulatory System8.608.09
„ Respiratory ,,17.2823.21
„ Digestive „7.2110.37
„ Lymphatic „0.12—
„ Urinary2.992.65
„ Generative „0.380.18
Accidents of Childbirth „0.280.31
Diseases of Locomotive System0.300.25
„ Integumentary ,,0.390.37
Violent Deaths—Accident3.653.53
Homicide0.630.31.0.06
Suicide0.25
Execution—
Other Causes3.080.06

Table: Table J.—VACCINATION STATISTICS.Certificates of successful Vaccination registered by the Vaccination Officer:—

Table J.—VACCINATION STATISTICS.

Certificates of successful Vaccination registered by the Vaccination Officer:—

Born in the Whitechapel Union2784
Resident in the Union, but born elsewhere163
Total2947

Table: 8 returned as "Insusceptible."Public Vaccinator's Statistics:—

8 returned as "Insusceptible."

Public Vaccinator's Statistics:—

PrimaryBy Public Vaccinatorunder 1 year16841738
above 1 year54
By Infirmary Medical Superintendentunder 1 year108138
above 1 year30
1876
Re -Vaccination |By Public VaccinatorNil.
By Infirmary MedicalSuperintendentNil.