Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 |