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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T able I.—CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSE OF DEATH IN WHITECHAPEL CONTRASTED WITH LONDON.
Class of Disease. | Percentage of Deaths from each Class to Total Deaths. | |
---|---|---|
County of London including Whitechapel | Whitechapel District. | |
Zymotic Diseases (as named in the Registrar-General's Returns) | 15.86 | 11.31 |
Parasitic Diseases | 0.04 | 0.00 |
Privation and Alcoholism | 0.94 | 0.66 |
Constitutional Diseases | 19.39 | 21.53 |
Premature Birth and Old Age | 6.90 | 4.31 |
Diseases of the Nervous System | 9.19 | 8.27 |
,, Organs of Special Sense | 0.21 | 0.24 |
,, Circulatory System | 8.58 | 9.85 |
„ Respiratory „ | 19.64 | 24.14 |
,, Digestive „ | 7.71 | 11.73 |
„ Lymphatic „ | 0.12 | 0.00 |
„ Urinary | 2.93 | 2.61 |
„ Generative „ | 0.32 | 0.12 |
Accidents of Childbirth „ | 0.24 | 0.30 |
Diseases of the Locomotive System | 0.27 | 0.24 |
„ Integumentary „ | 0.33 | 0.12 |
Accident | 4.19 | 4.50 |
Violent Deaths—Homicide | ||
Suicide | ||
Other Causes | 3.05 | 0.00 |
T able J.-VACCINATION STATISTICS.
Certificates of successful Vaccination registered by the Vaccination Officer:—
Born in the Whitechapel Union | 2110 | |
Resident in the Union, but born elsewhere | 83 | |
Total | 2193 | |
7 Returned as "Insusceptible." | ||
Public Vaccinator's Statistics:— | ||
Primary | By Public Vaccinator | 1505 |
By Infirmary Medical Superintendent | Nil. | |
Re-Vaccination (by Public Vaccinator) | 2 |