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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 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. | |
| Zymotic Diseases (as named in the Registrar-General's Returns) | 17.7 | 10.97 |
| Parasitic Diseases | 0.05 | 0.00 |
| Privation and Alcoholism | 0.86 | 0.50 |
| Constitutional Diseases | 20.0 | 24.68 |
| Premature Birth and Old Age | 6.9 | 4.50 |
| Diseases of the Nervous System | 9.6 | 11.42 |
| „ Organs of Special Sense | 0.2 | 0.19 |
| „ Circulatory System | 8.1 | 8.50 |
| Respiratory „ | 17.5 | 20.68 |
| „ Digestive | 7.1 | 10.02 |
| „ Lymphatic „ | 0.1 | 0.19 |
| „ Urinary „ | 2.8 | 2.72 |
| „ Generative „ | 0.3 | 0.31 |
| Accidents of Childbirth | 0.2 | 0.12 |
| Diseases of the Locomotive System | 0.2 | 0.25 |
| „ Integumentary „ | 0.4 | 0.12 |
| Violent Deaths—Accident | 4.1 | 4.56 |
| Homocide | ||
| Suicide | ||
| Execution | 0.00 | |
| Other Causes | 3.2 | 0.12 |
T able J.— VACCINATION STATISTICS.
| Certificates of successful Vaccination registered by the Vaccination Officer.— | |||
| Born in the Whitechapel Union | 2378 | ||
| Resident in the Union, but born elsewhere | 134 | ||
| Total | 2512 | ||
| 9 returned as "insusceptible." | |||
| Public Vaccinator's Statistics:— | |||
| Primary | By Public Vaccinator | under 1 year 1518 | 1555 |
| above 1 year 37 | |||
| By Infirmary Medical Superintendent | under 1 year 102 | 130 | |
| above 1 year 28 | |||
| 1685 | |||
| Re-Vaccination | By Public Vaccinator | 1 | |
| By Infirmary Medical Superintendent | 1 | ||