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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 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Asylums' Board Hospitals:— | Brought over | 109 | ||
| Fever | Brook | 1 | Moses' Almshouses | 1 |
| Eastern | 6 | Poplar & Stepney Sick Asylum | 1 | |
| Northern | 1 | River Lea, Hackney | 1 | |
| North-Eastern | 6 | River Thames | 1 | |
| Park | 5 | Royal Chest Hospital | 1 | |
| South-Eastern | 8 | Royal Free Hospital | 1 | |
| Asylums | Colney Hatch | 10 | St. Ann's House, Stoke Newington | 2 |
| Claybury | 1 | |||
| Ilford | 8 | St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 23 | |
| Leavesden | 2 | St. Giles' Workhouse | 1 | |
| Bethnal Green Workhouse | 4 | St. Luke's Hospital | 2 | |
| Brompton Hospital | 2 | St. Luke's House, Osnaburgh street | 2 | |
| Central London Sick Asylum | 1 | |||
| Charing Cross Hospital | 1 | St. Mary's Hospital | 1 | |
| Children's Hospital, Gt. Ormond street | 7 | St. Olave's Infirmary | 1 | |
| St. Peter's Hospital | 1 | |||
| Children's Hospital Shadwell | 20 | Seaman's Hospital | 1 | |
| German Hospital | 12 | Shadwell Basin | 1 | |
| Gt. Northern Central Hospital | 1 | Shoreditch Infirmary | 1 | |
| Guy's Hospital | 3 | Station Hospital, Rochester row | 1 | |
| Hackney Infirmary | 1 | Station Hospital, Vincent Square | 2 | |
| Hand-in-IIand Asylum | 1 | South Grove Workhouse | 44 | |
| Home for Incurables | 1 | University College Hospital | 2 | |
| Jewish Home, Stepney Green | 3 | Victoria Chambers, Finsbury park | 1 | |
| Metropolitan Hospital | 2 | |||
| Metropolitan Station, King's Cross | 1 | Watney Street, St. George-in-East | 1 | |
| Mildmay Hospital | 1 | Wormwood Scrubbs | 1 | |
| Carried over | 109 | Total | 203 | |
124 were Males and 79 Females.
Thf above Dea i hs were Registered at the following Ages:—
U nder the age of 1 year 28
Between the ages of 1 and 5 years ... ... 33
5 „ 20 15
20 „ 40 „ 37
40 „ 60 27
60 ,, 80 54
Over the age of 80 years ... ... ... 9
The Pejssons who died in Outlying Public Instiiutions were admitted
from the sub-Registration Districts as fo lows:—
From Spitalfields ... ... ... ... 71
,, Mile End New Town ... ... ... 47
,, Whitechapel Church 47
„ Goodman's Fields ... ... ... 38
i he Deaths were attributed to the Following Causes:—
Zymotic Diseases (s. fever, 9; diphtheria, 9; diarrhoea, 9) ... 32
Privation ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
Constitutional Diseases (cancer, 14; phthisis, 11) ... ... 30
Premature Birth ... ... 1
Old Age ... 10
Diseases of the Nervous System ... ... ... ... 33
Heart 16
,, Respiratory System ... ... ... ... 38
,, Digestive ,, ... ... ... ... ... 19
,, Glandular ,, ... ... ... ... ... 2
„ Urinary 7
,, Integumentary 2
Accident 9
Suicide ... 1
Other Causes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2
Total 203