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Whitechapel 1859

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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1859
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96
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    TABLE L SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS MADE AND WORKS EXECUTED since the 1st of January, 1856, to the 31st of December, 1858.
    From February, 1856, to the 2nd of October, 1858.For the Quarter ending 3lst December, 1858.
    Total number of Nuisances removed.Works in progress but not completed.Number of Nuisances inspected in houses and yards.Number of Houses systematically visited. House-to- house visitation.Number of Nuisances entered in Complaint Books.Number of Summonses taken out.Number of Notices served.Works in progress but not completed.Number of Nuisances Inspected.Number of Houses systematically visited.Number of Nuisances entered in Complaint Book.Number of Summonses taken outNumber ot Notices served.
    For defective DrainageFor other NuisancesFor defective Drainage.For other Nuisances.
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    TABLE I.—continued.
    NUMBER OF HOUSES VISITED FROM OCT. 2nd, 1858, TO THE 31st DEC., 1858, WHERE THE UNDERMENTIONED NUISANCES WERE FOUND TO EXIST.OTHER WORKS, &e
    Requiring Limewashing and Cleansing.Without Dust Bins.Requiring Repair.Cellars and Yards ill-paved.Without Water for domestic use.Inadequate water supply.Cesspools existing within 100 feet of Sewer.Cesspools and Drain to Sewer.Cesspools not within distance of Sewer.Defective Drainage.Filth in Cellars.Privies in filthy condition.Requiring Water to Soil Pans.Privies in Cellars in an offensive condition.Inadequate Privy accommodation.Offensive Common Privies in Courts.Overflowing Cesspools.Stagnant Water on Premises.Overcrowded Houses.*Houses unfit for human habitation.Privies having Water Supply but without Soil Pans.Defective and Offensive Gullies.Gullies stopped.Accumulation of Filth in open places.Cow-houses and Yards visited.Slaughter-houses visited.Dangerous structures.Offensive Privies.Dangerous Cellar Flaps and Area Gratings.Works in progress.Works allowed to stand over from various causesWorks done without notice.
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    TABLE II. SUMMARY OF WORKS EXECUTED UP TO OCTOBER 2nd, 1858.
    Limewliiting and Cleansing.Dust Bins erected.Houses repaired.Yards and Cellars re-paved.Water supplied for domestic use.Larger supply of Water given.Cesspools abolished.Cesspools cleansed.—No Sewerage.New House Drainage made.House Drainage improved, Trapped, &c.Cellars cleansed.Filthy Privies cleansed.Water supply to Soil-pans.New Privies constructed.Pans to Privies provided.*Over-erowded Houses remedied.†Houses unfitted for Human habitation.Ventilation improved.Private Courts Paved.Filth in open places removed.‡Dangerous structures.Othernuisances removed,Dust,StagnantWater,&c.Dangerous Cellar Flaps and Area Gratings.
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    TABLE III.—Cases of Sickness of the Zymotic and acute classes, which were recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union for the Three Months that ended on the 1st January, 1859.
    Districts.Names of Medical Officers.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Hooping CoughDiarrhoea.Typhus or continued Fever.Cholera.Erysipelas.Pyæmia.Puerperal Fever.Carbuncle.Bronchitis and Catarrh.Pneumonia and Pleuritis.Croup.DiphtheriaRheumatic Fever.Ague.Dysentery.Other Diseases.Total.Average number of Fever cases per Week.
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    TABLE IV.—Table showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending on the 1st January, 1859.
    Districts.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Hooping CoughDiarrhœaTyphus.Total.Grand Total.Grand Total.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.18581857
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    TABLE V.—Ages at Death in the Workhouse.
    0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 9080 and upwards.Total Males 30 Females 37Corresponding Quarter of 1857.
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    TABLE VI.—Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases in the Whitechapel District during the years 1857 and 1858.
    1857.1858.
    Districts.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Ferer.Hooping Cough.Diarrhoea.1 Typhus.Total.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Hooping Cough.Diarrhoea.Typhus.Total.
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    TABLE VII.—Showing the Mortality in the Workhouses and Hospitals in the District during 1856, 1857, and 1858.
    Union Workhouse.London Hospital.Military Hospital.
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    TABLE VIII.—Showing the Mortality per cent, in the Whitechapel District in the undermentioned years.
    From 1857 to 1858.,From 1839 to 1844.From 1844 to 1850.From 1854 to 1855.From 1856 to 1857.From 1857 to 1858.
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    TABLE IX.—Showing the Births and Deaths in the Seven Registration Districts in each Quarter of the year 1858.
    BIRTHS.DEATHS.
    Districts.March,July.October.January.Total.March.July.j October.January.Total.Excess of Births over Deaths.Excess of Deaths over Births.
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    TABLE X.—Showing the total Mortality in the Whitechapel District, without deductions for Non-residents, in each year during 11 years, from 1848-58.
    1848184918501851185218531854185518561857 53 weeks1858
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    TABLE XI.—Summary of the various causes of Death in the Whitechapel District for the year ending January 1st, 1859.
    March.July.Oct.Jan.Total1857 Total.
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    Of the 572 Deaths from, Zymotic Diseases, 104 were cases of Fever, and 108 of Diarrhoea; and out of the total deaths there died—
    0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and upwards.Total.
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    TABLE XII.—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 1st January, 1859
    Causes of Death.0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4o4o and under 6060 and under 8080 and above.Total.Causes of Death.0 and under 1.1 and. under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 60 j60 and under 8080 and aboveTotal
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    LONDON HOSPITAL.—TABLE Xlll. Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the London Hospital, for the Three Months ending 1st January, 1859.
    Causes of Death.0 and under 11 and under 5.5 aud under 20.10 and under 40.40 and under .10.60 and under 5080 and above.Total.Causes of Death.0 and under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and unoer 6060 and under 8080 and aboveTotal.
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    TABLE XIV .— Showing the Name of the Locality, the Number of the Houses in such Locality, the Cases of Fever attended by the Medical Officers of the Union, and the Deaths from Zymotic Diseases for the year ending 1st January, 1859
    Name of Place.No; of Homes.Cases of Fever.Deaths from Zymotic Disease.Name of Place.No. of H ouses.Cases of Fever.Deaths from Zymotic Disease.
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    TABLE XIV.—(continued.)
    Name of Place.No. of Houses.Cases of Fever.Deaths from Zymotic Disease.Name of Place.No. of Houses.Cases of Fever.Deaths from Zymotic Disease.
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    TABLE XIV.—(continued.)
    Name of Place.No. of Houses.Cases of Fever.Deaths from Zymotic Disease.Name of Place.No. of Houses.Cases of Fever.Deaths from Zymotic Disease
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    Table XV.— Tabular Summary of House Improvements up to the 2nd of October, 1858.
    Name of Street or Place.No. of Houses in Place or Street.No. of Houses Inspected.Drains.Cesspools.Water Closets.Dust Bins.Pavement.General Water Supply.General ImprovementRemarks.
    Number constructed.Improvement or Repair.Traps fixed.Abolished.Cleansed and Disinfected.Pans and Traps furnished.New ones constructed.Water supply provided.Constructed.Repaired.Constructed.Keiaid or Repaired.Receptacles provided.Receptacles repaired.Water supply provided.Generally repaired.Cleansing and Limewhiting.Ventilation.
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    TABLE I. SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS MADE AND WORKS EXECUTED since the 1st Of JANUARY, 1856, to the 31st MARCH, 1859.
    From February, 185(5, to the 1st of January, 1859.For the Quarter ending 31st March, 1859.
    Total number of Nuisances removed.Works in progress but not completed.Number of Nuisances inspected in houses and yards.Number of Houses systematically visited. House-to- house visitation.Number of Nuisances entered in Complaint Books.Number of Summonses taken out.Number of Notices served.Works in progress but not completed.Number of Nuisances Inspected.Number of Houses systematically visited.Number of Nuisances entered in Complaint Book.Number of Summonses taken out.Number of Notices served.
    For defective Drainage.For other Nuisances.For defective Drainage.For other Nuisances.
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    TABLE I.—Continued.
    Number of HOUSES VISITED from JANUARY 1st, 1859, to the 31st MARCH, 1859, where the undermentioned NUISANCES were found to exist.Other Works, &c.
    Requiring Limewashing and Cleansing.Without Dust-bins.Requiring Repair.Cellars and Yards ill-paved.Without Water for domestic use.Inadequate Water supply.Cesspools existing within 100 feet of Sewer.Cesspools and Drain to Sewer.Cesspools not within distance of Sewer.Defective Drainage.Filth in Cellars.Privies in filthy condition.Requiring Water to Soil-pans.Privies in Cellars in an offensive condition.Inadequate Privy accommodation.Offensive Common Privies in Courts.Overflowing Cesspools.Stagnant Water on Premises.Overcrowded Houses.Houses unfit for human habitation.Privies having Water supply but without Soil-pans.Defective and Offensive Gullies.Gullies stopped.Accumulation of Filth in open places.Cow-houses and Yards visited.Slaughter-houses visited.Dangerous structures.Dangerous Cellar Flaps and Area Gratings.Works in progress.Works allowed to stand over from various causes.Works done without notice.
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    TABLE II.—Summary of WORKS EXECUTED up to the 1st JANUARY, 1859.
    Limewhiting and Cleansing.Dust-bins erected.Houses repaired.Yards and Cellars re-paved.Water supplied for domestic use.Larger supply of Water given.Cesspools abolished.Cesspools cleansed.—No Sewerage.New House Drainage made.House Drainage improved, Trapped, &c.Cellars cleansed.Filthy Privies cleansed.Water supplied to Soil-pans.New Privies constructed.Pans to Privies provided.Over-crowded Houses remedied.Houses unfitted for Human habitation.Ventilation improved.Private Courts paved.Filth in open places removed.Dangerous structures.Other Nuisances removed, Dust, Stagnant Water, &c.Dangerous Cellar Flaps and Area Gratings.
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    TABLE III .—Cases of Sickness of the ZYMOTIC and ACUTE CLASSES, which were recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union for the Three Months that ended on the 2nd APRIL, 1859:—
    DISTRICTS.Names of Medical Officers.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Hooping Cough.Diarrhœa.Typhus, or Continued Fever.Cholera.Erysipelas.Pyaemia.Puerperal Fever.Carbuncle.Bronchitis and Catarrh.Pneumonia and Pleuritis.Croup.Diphtheria.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Dysentery.Delirium Tremens.Other Diseases.Total.Average number of Fever Cases per W eek.
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    TABLE IV. —Table showing the DEATHS from EPIDEMIC DISEASES in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending on the 2nd APRIL, 1859:—
    DISTRICTS.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Hooping Cough.Diarrhœa.Typhus.Total.Grand Total.Grand Total.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.1859.1858
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    —Table showing the BIRTHS and DEATHS in each District, for the Three Months ending on the 2nd APRIL, 1859:—
    DISTRICTS.Births.Total.Deaths.Total.Excess of Births over Deaths.Excess of Deaths over Births.REMARKS.
    M.F.M.F.
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    TABLE VI.—AGES at DEATH in the Union Workhouse.
    0 and under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and <ndcr 60.60 and under 80.80 & upwards.Total.Corresponding: Quarter of 1858.
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    WHITECHAPEL UNION.
    NAMES of the whole of the Public Vaccinators of the Union.Year ended 29th SEPTEMBER, 1858.Number ol Registered Birttis, of All Classes during the Year, including the WorkhouseObservations.
    VACCINATION DISTRICTS.Number and Ages of Persons Vaccinated by the Public Vaccinators.Number of such Coses Successfully Vaccinated.
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    TABLE VIII .—Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 2nd APRIL, 1859.
    Causes of Death.U and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under GO60 and under 8080 and aboveTotalCauses of Death.0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and aboveTotal
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    LONDON HOSPITAL. TABLE IX. —Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the London Hospital, for the Three Months ending 2nd APRIL, 1859.
    Causes of Death.0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under GO60 and under 8080 and above.TotalCauses of Death.0 and under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 20.20 i nd under 4040 and under Go60 and under 8080 and aboveTotal
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    TABLE X .—Tabular Summary of HOUSE IMPROVEMENTS up to the 1st JANUARY, 1859
    Name of Street or Place.No. of Houses in Place or Street.No. of Houses Inspected.Drains.Cesspools.Water Closets.Dust BinsPavementGeneral Water Supply.General Improvement.Remarks.
    Number constructed.Improvement or Repair.Traps fixed.Abolished.Cleansed and Disinfected.Pans and Traps furnished.New ones constructed.Water supply provided.Constructed.Repaired.Constructed.Relaid or Repaired.Receptacles provided.Receptacles repaired.Water supply provided.Generally repaired.Cleansing and Limewhiting.Ventilation.
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    1st of January, 1856, to the 30th of June, 1859.
    From February, 1856, to the 30th June, 1859.For the Quarter ending 30th June, 1859.
    Total number of Nuisances removed.Works in progress but not completed.Number of Nuisances inspected in houses and yards.Number of Houses systematically visited. House-to- house visitation.Number of Nuisances entered in Complaint Books.Number of Summonses taken out.Number of Notices served.Works in progress but not completed.Number of Nuisances Inspected.Number of Houses systematically visited.Number of Nuisances entered in Complaint Book.Number of Summonses taken outNumber ot Notices served.
    For defective DrainagaFor other NuisancesFor defective Drainage.For other Nuisances.
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    TABLE I.—continued.
    NUMBER OF HOUSES VISITED FROM MARCH 31st, 1859, TO THE 30th JUNE, 1859, WHERE THE UNDER MENTIONED NUISANCES WERE FOUND TO EXIST.OTHER WORKS, &c.
    Requiring Limewashing and Cleansing.Without Dust Bins.Requiring Repair.Cellars and Yards ill-paved.Without Water for domestic use.Inadequate water supply.Cesspools existing within 100 feet of Sewer.Cesspools and Drain to Sewer.Cesspools not within distance of Sewer.Defective Drainage.Filth in Cellars.Privies in filthy condition.Requiring Water to Soil Pans.Privies in Cellars in an offensive condition.Inadequate Privy accommodation.Offensive Common Privies in Courts.Overflowing Cesspools.Stagnant Water on Premises.Overcrowded Houses.*Houses unfit for human habitation.Privies having Water Supply but -without Soil Pans.Defective and Offensive Gullies.Gullies stopped.Accumulation of Filth in open places.Cow-houses and Yards visited.Slaughter-houses visited.Dangerous structures.Dangerous Cellar Flaps and Area Gratings.Works in progress.Works allowed to stand over from various causesWorks done without notice.
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    TABLE II. SUMMARY OF WORKS EXECUTED UP TO THE 31ST MARCH, 1859.
    Limewhiting and Cleansing.Dust Bins erected.Houses repaired.Yards and Cellars re-paved.Water supplied for domestic use.Larger supply of Water given.Cesspools abolished.Cesspools cleansed.—No Sewerage.New House Drainage made.House Drainage improved, Trapped, &c.Cellars cleansed.Filthy Privies cleansed.Water supply to Soil-pans.New Privies constructed.Pans to Privies provided.*Over-crowded Houses remedied.†Houses unfitted for Human habitation.Ventilation improved.Private Courts Paved.Filth in open places removed.‡Dangerous structures.Othernuisances removed,Dust,StagnantWater,&c.Dangerous Cellar Flaps and Area Gratings.
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    TABLE III.—Cases of Sickness of the Zymotic and acute classes, which were recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union for the Three Months that ended on the 2nd July, 1859.
    Districts.Names of Medical Officers.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Hooping CoughDiarrhoea.Typhus or continued Fever.Cholera.Erysipelas.Pya:mis.Puerperal Fever.Carbuncle.Bronchitis and Catarrh.Pneumonia and Pleuritis.Croup.Diphtheria' Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Dysentery.Other Diseases.Total.Average number of Fever cases per Week.
    SpitalfieldsMr. Blackwell2429476130300185410020509733
    Mile End New TownMr. Champneys145111183002000252009.1387480
    WhitechapelMr. Richardson404129185020012000122404502
    Goodman's FieldsMr. Sequeira18761966660600030171081367641027
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    TABLE IV.— Table showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending on the 2nd July, 1859.
    Districts.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Hooping Cough.DiarrhoeaTyphus.Total.Grand Total.Grand Total.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.MF.18591858
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    TABLE V.—Showing the Births and Deaths in each District, for the Three Months ending on the 2nd July, 1859.
    Districts.Births.Total.Deaths.Total.Excess of Births over Deaths.Excess of Deaths. over Births.Remarks.
    M.FM.F.
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    TABLE VI.—Ages at Death in the Union Workhouse.
    0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and upwards.TotalCorresponding Quarter of 1858.
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    TABLE VII—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapol District, for the Three Months ending 2nd July, 1859.
    Causes of Death.0 ana under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 404o and under 6060 and under 8080 and above.Total.Causes of Death.0 and under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and aboveTotal.
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    TABLE VIII.—LOUDON HOSPITAL. Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the London Hospital, for the Three Months ending 2nd July, 1859.
    Causes of Death,0 and under 11 and under 5.5 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and undergo.60 andunder 8080 audabove.Total.Causes of Death.0 and under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 andunder 6060 andunder 8080 andaboveTotal,
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    TABLE IX.— Tabular Summary of House Improvements up to the 31st of March, 1859.
    Name of Street or Place.No. of Houses in Place or Street.No. of Houses Inspected.Drains.Cesspools.Water Closets.Dust Bins.Pavement.General Water Supply.General Improvement.Remarks.
    Number constructed.Improvement or Repair.Traps fixed,Abolished.Cleansed and Disinfected.Pans and Traps furnished.New ones constructed.Water supply provided.Constructed.Repaired.Constructed.Reiaid or Repaired.Receptacles provided. |Receptacles repaired.Water supply provided.Generally repaired.Cleansing and Limewhiting.Ventilation.
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    4712406822312634821248184140384930536141324484373137211446
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    TABLE L SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS MADE AND WORKS EXECUTED since the 1st of January, 1856, to the 1st of October, 1859.
    From February, 1856, to the 30th June, 1859.For the Quarter ending 1st October, 1859.
    Total number of Nuisances removed.Works in progress but not completed.Number of Nuisances inspected in houses and yards.Number of Houses systematically visited. House-to- house visitation.Number of Nuisances entered in Complaint Books.Nnmber of Summonses taken out.Number of Notices served.Works in progress but not completed.Number of Nuisances Inspected.Number of Houses systematically visited.Number of Nuisances entered in Complaint Book.Number of Summonses taken outNumber ot Notices served.
    For defective DrainageFor other NuisancesFor defective Drainage.For other Nuisances.
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    TABLE I.— continued.
    NUMBER OF HOUSES VISITED FROM JUNE 30TH 1859, TO THE 1st, OCTOBER, 1859, WHERE THE UNDERMENTIONED NUISANCES WERE FOUND TO EXIST.OTHER WORKS, &c.
    Requiring Limewashiing and Cleansing.without Dust Bins.Requiring Repair.Cellars and Yards ill-paved.Without Water for domestic use.Inadequate water supply.Cesspools existing within 100 feet of Sewer.Cesspools not within distance of Sewer.Defective Drainage.Filth in Cellars.Privies in filthy condition.Requiring Water to Soil Pans.Privies in Cellars in an offensive condition.Inadequate Privy accommodation.Offensive Common Privies in Courts.Overflowing Cesspools.Stagnant Water on Premises.Overcrowded Houses.*Houses unfit for human habitation.Privies having Water Supply but without Soil Pans.Defective and Offensive Gullies.Gullies stopped.Accumulation of Filth in open places.Cow-houses and Yards visited.Slaughter-houses visited.Dangerous structures.Dangerous Cellar Flaps and Area Gratings.Works in progress.Works allowed to stand over from various causcsWorks done without notice.
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    TABLE II. SUMMARY OF WORKS EXECUTED UP TO THE 30TII JUNE, 1859.
    Limewhiting and Cleansing.Dust Bins erected.Houses repaired.Yards and Cellars re-paved.Water supplied for domestic use.Larger supply of Water given.Cesspools abolished.Cesspools cleansed.—No Sewerage.New House Drainage made.House Drainage improved, Trapped, &c.Cellars cleansed.Filthy Privies cleansed.Water supply to Soil-pans.New Privies constructed.Pans to Privies provided.Over-crowded Houses remedied.*Houses unfitted for Human habitation.Ventilation improved.Private Courts Paved.Filth in open places removed.]Dangerous structures.Othernuisances removed, Dust, StagnantWater,&c.Dangerous Cellar Flaps and Area Gratings.
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    FABLE III.—Cases of Sickness of the Zymotic and acute classes, which were recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union for the Three Months that ended on the 1st October, 1859.
    Districts;Names of Medical Officers.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlatina,Hooping CoughDiarrhoea.Typhus or continued Fever.Cholera.Erysipelas.Pyaemia.Puerperal Fever.Carbuncle.Bronchitis and Catarrh.Pneumonia and Pleuritis.Croup.DiphtheriaRheumatic Fever.Ague.Dysentery.Other Diseases.Total.Average number of Fever cases per Week.
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    TABLE IV.— Table showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending on the 1st October, 1859.
    Districts.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Hooping CoughDiarrhoeaTyphus.Total.Grand Total.Grand Total.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.18591858
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    TABLE V.—Ages of Death in the Union Workhouse.
    0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6''60 and under 8080 and upwards.TotalCorresponding Quarter of 1858.
    Males 35 Fem. 27
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    TABLE VI.—Table showing the Births and Deaths in each District, for the Three Months ending on the 1st Oct., 1859.
    Districts.Births.Total.Deaths.Total.Excess of Births over Deaths.Excess of Deaths. over Births.Remarks.
    M.F.M.F.
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    TABLE VII.—Vaccination Extension Act.—Whitechapel Union.
    Names of the whole of the Public Vaccinators of the Union.Vaccination Districts.Year ended 29th September, 1859.
    Number and Ages of Persons vaccinated by the public vaccinatorsNumber of such cases successfully Vaccinated.No. of Reg. Births, all classes, during; the Year, including; Workh , and whole of parishes in unionUnsuccssful cases.
    Under 1 yearAbove 1 yearTotal.Under 1 yearAbove 1 yearTotal.
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    TABLE VIII.—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitcchapel District, for the Three Months ending 1st Oct., 1859.
    Causes of Death.0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4o4o and under 6060 and under 8080 and above.Total.Causes of Death.0 and under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 20and under 4040 and under 606u and under 8080 and aboveTotal.
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    TABLE TX.-LONDON HOSPITAL. Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the London Hospital, for the Three Months ending 1st Oct., 1859.
    Causes of Death.0 and under 1l and uuder 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 aud above.Total.Causes of Death.0 and uuder 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under GO60 and uuder 8080 and aboveTotal.
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    TABLE X.— Tabular Summary of House Improvements up to the 30th of June, 1859.
    Name of Street or Place.No. of Houses in Place or Street.No. of Houses Inspected.Dhains.Cesspools.Water Closets.Dust Bins.Pavement.General Water Supply.General ImprovementRemarks.
    Number constructed.Improvement or Repair.Traps fixed.Abolished.Cleansed and Disinfected.Fans and Traps furnished.New ones constructed.Water supply provided.Constructed.Repaired.Constructed.Reiaid or Repaired.Receptacles provided.Receptacles repaired.Water supply provided.Generally repaired.Cleansing and Limewhitine.Ventilation.
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    The following table, for which I am indebted to the Medical Officers of the Small-pox Hospital, is a valuable record : —
    Table of SMALL-POX EPIDEMICS, in the present Century.
    Year,Duration.Period.Admissions into the Small Pox Hospital.Deaths.Mortality per cent.Of those admitted there were Vaccinated
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    TABLE I. SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS MADE AND WORKS EXECUTED SINCE THE 28th of January, 1856, to the 31st of December, 1859.
    From January, 1856, to the 1st October, 1859.For the Quarter ending 31st December, 1859.
    Total number of Nuisances removed.Works in progress but not completed.Number of Nuisances inspected in houses and yards.Number of Houses systematically visited. House-to- house visitation.Number of Nuisances entered in Complaint Books.Number of Summonses taken out.Number of Notices served.Works in progress but not completed.Number of Nuisances Inspected.Number of Houses systematically visited.Number of Nuisances entered in Complaint Book.Number of Summonses taken outNumber of Notices served.
    For defective DrainageFor other NuisancesFor defective Drainage.For other Nuisances.
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    TABLE II.—SUMMARY OF WORKS EXECUTED UP TO THE 31st DECEMBER, 1859.
    Limewhiting and Cleansing.Dust Bins erected.Houses repaired.Yards and Cellars re-payed.Water supplied for domestic use.Larger supply of Water given.Cesspools abolished.Cesspools cleansed.—No Sewerage.New House Drainage made.House Drainage improved, Trapped, &c.Cellars cleansed.Filthy Privies cleansed.Water supply to Soil-pans.New Privies constructed.Pans to Privies provided.*Over-crowded Houses remedied.†Houses or Rooms unfitted for human habitation.Ventilation improved.Private Courts Paved.Filth in open places removed.Dangerous structures.Othernuisances removed,Dust,StagnantWater,&c.Dangerous Cellar Flaps and Area Gratings.
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    TABLE III.—Cases of Sickness of the Zymotic and Acute classes, which are recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union for the Three Months that ended on the 31st December, 1859.
    Names of Medical Officers.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlatina,Hooping CoughDiarrhoea.Typhus or continued Fever.Cholera.Erysipelas.Pyemia.Puerperal Fever.Carbuncle.Bronchitis and Catarrh.Pneumonia and Pleuritis.Croup.DiphtheriaRheumatic Fever.Ague.Dysentery.Delirium Tremens.Other Diseases.Total.Average number of Fever cases per Week.
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    TABLE IV.—Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases in the Whitechapel District, daring the years 1856, 1857, 1858, and 1859.
    1856.1857.1858.1859.Population in 1851.Persons to an Acre.Mean elevation in feet above high water Trinity-mark.
    Districts.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Hooping Cough.Diarrhoea.Typhus.Total.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Hooping Cough.Diarrhoea.Typhus.Total.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Hooping Cough.Diarrhoea.Typhus.Total.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Hooping Cough.Diarrhoea.Typhus.Total.
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    TABLE V.—Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending on the 31st December, 1859.
    Districts.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Hooping Cough.DiarrhoeaTyphus.Total.Total for corresponding Quarter, 1858.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
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    TABLE VI.—Table showing the Births and Deaths in each District, for the Three Months ending on the 31st December, 1859.
    Districts.Births.Total.Deaths.Total.Excess of Births over Deaths.Excess of Deaths over Births.Remarks.
    M.FM.F.
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    TABLE VII.—Showing the Births and Deaths in each District, for the Tear ending on the 31st December, 1859.
    BIRTHS.DEATHS.
    Districts.April,July.October.December.Total.April.July.October.December.Total.Excess of Births over DeathsExcess of Deaths over Births.
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    TABLE VIII.—Showing the Mortality in the Workhouse and Hospitals in the District, during 1856, 1857, 1858, and 1859.
    Union Workhouse.London Hospital.Military Hospital.
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    TABLE IX.—Showing the Mortality per cent. in the Whitechapel District, in the undermentioned years.
    From 1837 to 1838.From 1839 to 1844.From 1844 to 1850.From 1850 to 1855.From 1856 to 1857.From 1857 to 1858.From 1858 to 1859.
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    TABLE X.—Showing the total Mortality in the Whitechapel District, without deduction for non-residents, in the undermentioned years.
    Years184818491850 20611851185218531854185518561857 53wks.18581859
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    TABLE XI.—Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, for the Quarter ending 31st December, 1859.
    0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and upwards.TotalCorresponding Quarter of 1858.
    Males 29 Fem. 34
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    TABLE XII.—Summary of the various causes of death in the Whitechapel District, for the year ending 31st December, 1859.
    1.ZymoticApril.July.Oct.Decr.Total,1858.Remarks.
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    TABLE XIII.—Showing the name of the Locality, the number of houses in such Locality, the cases of Fever attended by the Medical Officers of the Union, the Deaths from Zymotic Diseases, and from Consumption, for the year ending 31st December, 1859.
    Name of Place.No. of Houses.Cases of Fever.Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.Deaths from Consumption.Remarks.Name of Place.No. of Houses.Cases of Fever.Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.Deaths from Consumption.Remarks.
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    TABLE XIII,—(continued.)
    Name of Place.No, of Houses.Cases of Fever.Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.Deaths from Consumption.Remarks.Name of Place.No. of Houses.Cases of Fever.Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.Deaths from Consumption.Remarks.
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    TABLE XIII.—( Continued.)
    Name of Place.No. of Houses.Cases of Fever.Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.Deaths from Consumption.Remarks.Name of Place.No. of Houses.Cases of Fever.Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.Deaths from Consumption.Remarks.
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    TABLE XIV.—LONDON HOSPITAL. Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the London Hospital, for the Three Months ending 1st Dec., 1859
    Causes of Death,0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and above.Total.Causes of Death.0 and under 1.1 and under 5.0 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 6060 and under 8080 and aboveTotal.
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    TABLE XV.—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District , for the Three Months ending 31st Dec., 1859.
    Causes of Death.0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 404o and under 6060 and under 8080 and above.Total.Causes of Death.0 and under 1.1 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and aboveTotal,
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    TABLE XVI. —Tabular Summary of House Improvements up to the 31st of December, 1859.
    Name of Street or Place.No. of Houses in Place or Street.No. of Houses Inspected.Drains.Cesspools.Water Closets.Dust Bins.Pavement.General Water Supply.General ImprovementRemarks.
    Number constructed.Improvement or Repair.Traps fixed.Abolished.Cleansed and Disinfected.Pans aud Traps furnished.Hew ones constructed.Water supply provided.Constructed.Repaired.Constructed.Jieiaid or Repaired.Receptacles provided.Receptacles repaired.Water supply provided.Generally repaired.Cleansing andVentilation.