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Whitechapel 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

Published
1899
Pages
40
Tables
41

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  • Page 7
    In the Whitechapel Infirmary 105 births took place, of which number 17 were the children of women who had not previously resided in the District. Distributing the remaining births among the Sub-Registration Districts to which the mothers belonged, the correct apportionment of births was as under:—
    Spitalfields.Mile End New Town.Whitechapel Church.Goodman's Fields.Total.
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    CORRECT DISTRICT MORTALITY TABLE FOR TEN YEARS ENDING 1898.
    Sub-Registration Districts.18891890189153weeks 1892189318941895189618971898
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    DEATHS BELONGING TO THE SEVERAL SANITARY AREAS OF THE EASTERN DISTRICTS OF LONDON, DURING THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE YEAR, 1898.
    Sanitary Areas.1896. Last Census Population.Deaths under 1 year to 1000 births Registered.
    1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.
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    I do not fear for Whitechapel so much—as only 60 persons have taker advantage of the " Conscientious Objection " clause of the Act. OLD AGE DEATHS.
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    Registered Cause or the above Deaths :—
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    Sub-Registration Districts Distribution.
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    VIOLENT DEATHS
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    Deaths from Violence weke Registered as follows
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    The deaths of the above were attributable to the following causes:—
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    REGISTERED COMMON LODGING-HOUSES, 1898.
    Name of Street.No. of Houses Registered.Deaths in Infirmary and elsewhere of Lodgers.
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    The Deaths took place as follows :—
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    The Registered Common Lodging House deaths were registered as being due to the following causes:
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    MODEL DWELLINGS, 1898.
    Name and Situation of Dwellings.Number of Apartments.Number of w.C.s.Number of Inhabitants.Total Population.Deaths.
    Adults.Children.
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    The Deaths took place as follows :—
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    The Deaths were Registered as due to the following Causes
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    Particulars of the admissions into the Infirmary from the latter Institutions are subjoined as usual.
    SHELTERS.No. of Admission Orders given by the District Medical Officers.
  • Page 16
    (A) TABLE OF DEATHS DURING THE YEAR 1898 IN THE METROPOLITAN SANITARY DISTRICT OF WHITECHAPEL.
    Description of Sub. Registration Districts and Public Institutions, also Outlying Public Institution Deaths.Mortality from all causes at subjoined ages.Classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
    123456789101112131415161718192021Total.
    Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.FEVERS.Puerperal.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, & Pleurisy.Heart DiseaseInjuries.All other causes.
    At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 & under 15.15 & under 2525 & under 65,65 & upwards.Age.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.
  • Page 17
    TABLE OF DEATHS DURING THE YEAR 1898 IN THE METROPOLITAN SANITARY DISTRICT OF WHITECHAPEL — ( continued.) C lassified according to D isfasrs, A ges and L ocalities
    Description of Sub. Registration Districts and Public Institutions, also Outlying Public Institution Deaths.Mortality from all causes at subjoined ages.Age.l23456789101112181415161718192021Total.
    Small-pox.Scarlatina.DiphtheriaMembranous Croup.FEVERS.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and 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 & upwardsTyphus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
  • Page 18
    TABLE OF DEATHS DURING THE YEAR 1 898 IN THE METROPOLITAN SANITARY DISTRICT OF WHITECHAPEL— (continued.) Classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
    Description of Sub. Registration Districts and Public Institutions, also Outlying Public Institution Deaths.Mortality from all causes at subjoined ages.Age.l23456789101112131415161718192021TOTAL.
    FEVERS.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other causes.
    At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 & under 15.5 & under 25.25 & under 65.65 & upwards.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Croup.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.
  • Page 19
    TABLE of POPULATION, BIRTHS, and New Cases of INFECTIOUS SICKNESS coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year, 1897, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Whitechapel ; Classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities
    Names of Localities, &c.Population at all ages. Census. Population 1896.Births during 52 weeks of 1898.Ages.Cases of Infectious Disease Notified.Cases Removed to Hospitals.
    Small.pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Contind. Fever.Relapsing Fever.Puerperal Fever.Cholera.Erysipelas. —Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Contind. Fever.Relapsing Fever.Puerperal Fever.Cholera.Erysipelas.
  • Page 22
    Table A.— Births Registered in the Whitechapel District during the year 1898.
    Sub-Regististion Districts.Spitalfields.Mile End New TownWhitechapel Church.Goldman's Fields.Boys.Girls.Total.
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    Table B.— Deaths Registered in the Whitechapel District during the year 1898.
    Sub-Registration Districts.Spitalfields.Mile End New TownWhitechapel Church.Goodman's Fields.Males.Females.Total.
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    Table C.— The Deaths of 1005 Non-Residents, which took place within the District during the year, were Registered as under:—
    Spitalfields.Mile End New Town (Whitechapel Infirmary).Whitechapel Church (London Hospital).Goodman's Fields (River Thames).Total.
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    Table D.— O utlying 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.
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    Table E.— Correct District Mortality Table. Resident's Deaths, wherever registered, being correctly referred to their proper Sub-Districts.
    Sub- Registration Districts.SpitalfieldsMile End NewTownWhitechapel Church.Goodman's Fields.Total.
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    Table F.— Showing the Age at Death of the Residents who Died during 1898.
    1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Total.
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    METROPOLITAN BIRTHS AND DEATHS:— Table G— Total Births and Deaths; also Deaths under 5 years of age.
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    T able (H).—DISTRICT MEDICAL OFFICERS' ANALYSIS OF CASES FOR 1898.
    Diseases.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Total.Diseases.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Total.
  • Page 26
    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 Whitechapel.Whitechapel District.
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    T able J.— VACCINATION STATISTICS.
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    Table L.— METROPOLITAN DEATHS FOR FOUR QUARTERS ENDED DEC 31 ST , 1898.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.TOTAL.CAUSES OF DEATH.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.TOTAL.
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    Table (M).-WHITECHAPEL DISTRICT DEATHS FOR 1898.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.TOTAL.CAUSES OF DEATH.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.TOTAL.
  • Page 29
    CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS IN THE RETURNS OF THE METROPOLITAN ASYLUMS' BOARD, THE LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL, FROM THE REGISTRAR GENERAL'S RETURNS.
    1898.SCARLET FEVER.DIPHTHERIA.ENTERIC FEVER.1898.SCARLET FEVER.DIPHTHERIA.ENTERIC FEVER.
    Total in Hospital.New Cases.Total in Hospital.New Cases.Total in Hospital.New Cases.Total in Hospital.New Cases.Total in Hospital.New Cases.Total in Hospital.New Cases.
  • Page 30
    T ABLE O.— PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES DEALT WITH DURING THE YEAR 1898
    NAME OF PLACE.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Membrns. CroupTyphus Fever.Typhoid Fever.Puerperal FeverErysipelas.Measles.NAME OF PLACE.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Membrns. CroupTyphus Fever.Typhoid Fever.Puerperal FeverErysipelas.Measles.
  • Page 31
    Table O ( continued ).— PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES DEALT WITH DURING THE YEAR 1898.
    name OF place.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Membrns. CrouplTyphus Fever.Typhoid FeverPuerperal FeverErysipelas.Measles.NAME OF PLACE.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Membrns CroupTyphus Fever.Typhoid Fever.Puerperal FeverErysipelas.Measles.
  • Page 32
    T ABLE P.— SANITARY AND OTHER WORK PERFORMED BY THE INSPECTORS.— 1898.
    CLASSIFICATION OF WORK.Quarter ended Mar 26th, 1898.Quarter ended June 25th, 1898.Quarter ended Sept.24th, 1898.Quarter ended Dec. 31st, 1898.Totals for the year.
  • Page 33
    T ABLE (Q).— METEOROLIGICAL STATISTICS.
    No. of Hours of Registered Bright Sunshine at Greenwich.Mean of Degree of Humidity. (saturation being representtd by 100).Mean Reading of Barometer (in inches).Mean Temperature (Fahrenheit).Rainfall (in inches).
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    T able (R.)— METEOROLOGICAL STATISTICS.— HIGHEST AND LOWEST RECORDS.
    No. of Hours of Registered Bright Sunshine at Greenwich.Humidity of Atmosphere.Reading of the Barometer. (in inches).Temperature. (Fahrenheit.)Ozone.
  • Page 34
    The following are the Particulars.
    Articles.Extent of Adulteration.Date of hearing of Summons.Result.
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    PROCEEDINGS TAKEN UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.
    Situation of Premises.Nature of Nuisance or Complaint.Date of hearing of Summons.Result.
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    PROCEEDINGS TAKEN UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.—( continued. )
    Situation of Premises.Nature of Nuisance or Complaint.Date of hearing of Summons.Result.