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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Districts. | Names of Medical Officers. | Small Box. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Hooping | Cough | Diarrhoea. | Typhus or continued Fever. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Pyaemia. | Puerperal Fever. | Carbuncle. | Bronchitis and Catarrh. | Pneumonia and Pleuritis. | Croup. | Diptheria | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Dysentery. | Delirium Tremens. | Other Diseases. | Total. | Average number of Fever cases per Week. |
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Spitalfields | Mr. Blackwell | 0 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 143 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 560 | 824 | |
Mile End New Town | Mr. Champneys | 0 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 127 | 44 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 378 | 592 | |
Whitechapel | Mr. Richardson | 1 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 93 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 241 | 502 | |
Goodman's fields | Mr. Sequeira | 2 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 130 | 56 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 649 | 944 | |
Districts. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Hooping Cough | Diarrhoea | Typhus. | Total. | Grand Total. | Grand Total. | |||||||
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Two deaths from Puerperal Fever occurred in the Whitechapel Church District, one in the Spitalfields, and one in the Mile End New Town District
One death from Diptheria occurred in the Artillery District, one in the Spitalfields, and one in the Goodman's Fields District.