What are common diseases in white chapel area?

doing research on barts and prepping for interview but i’ve been wondering on if there are any diseases more common in whitechapel than elsewhere?

Reply 1

becausethenight

What do you think? How might you reasearch this?

Reply 2

aliyah.04x

Original post by becausethenight

What do you think? How might you reasearch this?

i’ve been googling it and all the links take me to diseases in the 1800’s

Reply 3

becausethenight

Original post by aliyah.04x

i’ve been googling it and all the links take me to diseases in the 1800’s

Okay, how do you think you can make your google search better?
Are there any resources for health data in the UK you could look at?

Reply 4

Wannadomedok

Original post by aliyah.04x

doing research on barts and prepping for interview but i’ve been wondering on if there are any diseases more common in whitechapel than elsewhere?

White chapel has a large south Asian community meaning type 2 diabetes will be high and other diseases common in south Asians

Reply 5

Wannadomedok

Original post by Wannadomedok

White chapel has a large south Asian community meaning type 2 diabetes will be high and other diseases common in south Asians

Also dont quote me on this but i read a bbc article saying Bengali people( massive bengali community in white chapel)where 3x more likely to pass away from COVID you could look into why this is

(edited 2 years ago)

Reply 6

aliyah.04x

Original post by Wannadomedok

Also dont quote me on this but i read a bbc article saying Bengali people( massive bengali community in white chapel)where 3x more likely to pass away from COVID you would look into why this is

just found it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56002506

mentions overcrowding and living in more urban

(edited 2 years ago)

Reply 7

aliyah.04x

soo after more research i’ve seen diabetes , high salt intake could lead to high bp which could lead to atherosclerosis - maybe even chd if coronary artery becomes blocked

is obesity a disease?

Reply 8

becausethenight

Original post by aliyah.04x

soo after more research i’ve seen diabetes , high salt intake could lead to high bp which could lead to atherosclerosis - maybe even chd if coronary artery becomes blocked

is obesity a disease?