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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Date. Sept. 27 th | Small Pox | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Hooping Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Typhus. | Grand Totals. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
2 | 2 | ... | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | ||||||
3 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | ||||||
4 | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | ||||||
5 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 7 | 5 | ||||||
6 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 11 | 3 | ||||||
7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ... | 14 | 3 | ||||||
Total | 7 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 63 | 33 | 126 | |||||
Dec. 27th. | ||||||||||||
1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ||||||
2 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 12 | ||||||
4 | ... | ... | 5 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
5 | ... | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
6 | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | ||||||
7 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Total | 0 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 36 | 81 | |||||
District. | ||||||||||||
1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 20 | |||||
2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 22 | 58 | |||||
3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 63 | 106 | |||||
4 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 57 | 99 | |||||
5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 41 | |||||
6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 39 | |||||
7 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 58 | |||||
Total | 31 | 12 | 45 | 64 | 81 | 188 | 421 | |||||
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 District | 6769 | 20 | .295 | 271 | 41 | |||||||
2. Spitalfields | 15336 | 58 | .378 | 289 | 36 | |||||||
3. Mile-end New-town. W. | 14543 | 106 | .728 | 227 | 36 | |||||||
4. Whitechapel North. W | 12530 | 99 | .790 | 216 | 36 | |||||||
5. Whitechapel Church. H. | 7818 | 41 | .524 | 166 | 32 | |||||||
6. Goodmau's-fields | 12069 | 39 | .323 | 237 | 28 | |||||||
7. Aldgate. H.M. | 10694 | 58 | .540 | 99 | 19 |
I have the honor to be,
Gentlemen,
Your most obedient Servant,
Board of Works, JOHN LIDDLE,
20th February, 1857. Medical Officer of Health.