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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 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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TABLE OF DEATHS DURING THE YEAR 1899 IN THE METROPOLITAN SANITARY DISTRICT OP WHITECHAPEL—(Continued).
Classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
NOTE.—The Registration Sub-District of Whitechapel Church has been divided between Mile End New Town and Goodman's Fields since December 31st, 1898.
| Description of Sub-Registration Districts and Public Institutions, also Outlying Public Institution Deaths. | Mortality from all causes at subjoined ages. | Age. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | |||||||||
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| Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | FEVERS. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhœa and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, & Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other causes. | Total. | |||||||||||||||
| At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 & under 15. | 15 & under 25. | 25 & under 65 | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goodman's Fields— | 1st Qtr. | 66 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 9 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | 1 | 9 | 25 | 66 |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -_ | - | - | 5 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 41 | ||||||||||
| 2nd „ | 50 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | Under 5 | — | — | I | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 2 | _ | _ | _ | 5 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 50 | |||
| 5 upwards | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd „ | 78 | 40 | 15 | — | 1 | 15 | 7 | Under 5 | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 14 | - | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | 30 | 55 | 78 | |
| 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 23 | ||||||||||
| 4th „ | 65 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 14 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | 14 | 26 | 65 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Total for year | 259 | 90 | 35 | 3 | 7 | 86 | 38 | Under 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 7 | 14 | - | - | - | 30 | - | 3 | 61 | 125 | 259 | |
| 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | — | — | 21 | 30 | 22 | 13 | 43 | 134 | ||||||||||
| Deaths of District Residents registered in out-lying Public Institutions | 1st Qtr. | 61 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 21 | Under 5 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 9 | 61 | |
| 5 upwards | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 52 | ||||||||||
| 2nd „ | 44 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | Under 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 44 | ||
| 5 upwards | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 40 | |||||||||||
| 3rd „ | 39 | 5 | 5 | 1 | — | 19 | 9 | Under 5 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 10 | 39 | |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 29 | ||||||||||
| 4th „ | 72 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | Under 5 | — | 1 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 8 | - | - | 4 | 22 | 72 | |
| 5 upwards | 1 | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Total for year | 216 | 16 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 80 | 64 | Under 5 | — | 1 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 10 | - | - | 14 | 45 | 216 | |
| 5 upwards | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 17 | 30 | 21 | 8 | 88 | 171 | ||||||||||