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Whitechapel 1856

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Deaths from Epidemics,&c., in the Whitechapel District—continued.

Date. Sept. 27 thSmall PoxMeasles.Scarlatina.Hooping Cough.Diarrhoea.Typhus.Grand Totals.
1.........121
22...4284
3......141411
4...22176
51...1...75
62...1...113
7213...143
Total731286333126
Dec. 27th.
1...11...12
2......1417
3.........3212
4......5326
5...24117
6...1231...
7......5...12
Total04181493681
District.
102433820
231715102258
3812141863106
410399115799
5326282041
6515712939
722121419958
Total3112456481188421
Population. 1851.Deaths from Epidemics. 1856.Mortality per cent.Density.Mean elevation in feet above high water Trinity mark.
Persons to an acre.
1. Artillery District676920.29527141
2. Spitalfields1533658.37828936
3. Mile-end New-town. W.14543106.72822736
4. Whitechapel North. W1253099.79021636
5. Whitechapel Church. H.781841.52416632
6. Goodmau's-fields1206939.32323728
7. Aldgate. H.M.1069458.5409919

I have the honor to be,
Gentlemen,
Your most obedient Servant,
Board of Works, JOHN LIDDLE,
20th February, 1857. Medical Officer of Health.