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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Whitechapel 1859
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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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. | ||||||
| Artillery | 29 | 37 | 66 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 32 | .. | In the Total mor- tality the Deaths of 59 non-residents are re- corded; 58 in the London Hospital, & 1 in the Barracks in the Tower, The excess of Births over Deaths is not, as appears from this Table 146, but 207. |
| Spitalfields | 67 | 65 | 132 | 52 | 45 | 97 | 35 | .. | |
| Miie End New Town | 94 | 88 | 182 | 76 | 70 | 146 | 36 | .. | |
| Whitechapel North. | 62 | 50 | 112 | 34 | 30 | 64 | 48 | .. | |
| Whitechapel Church | 32 | 41 | 73 | 90 | 57 | 147 | 74 | ||
| Goodman's Fields | 51 | 56 | 107 | 27 | 37 | 64 | 43 | .. | |
| Aidgate | 48 | 39 | 87 | 34 | 25 | 59 | 28 | .. | |
| Totals | 383 | 376 | 759 | 332 | 279 | 611 | 222 | 74 | |
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 62 | 101 |
Four Deaths from FEVER (two Males, and two Females) occurred in the Workhouse.
TABLE VII.—VACCINATION EXTENSION ACT.
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 Workhouse | Observations. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VACCINATION DISTRICTS. | Number and Ages of Persons Vaccinated by the Public Vaccinators. | Number of such Coses Successfully Vaccinated. | |||||||
| Thos. Seal Black well | Christ Church | 268 | 13 | 281 | 261 | 13 | 274 | 524 | 7 |
| James Edmunds | Artillery Ground | 244 | 9 | 253 | 238 | 9 | 247 | 216 | 6 |
| Alex. M. Champneys | Mile End New Town | 275 | 72 | 347 | 275 | 72 | 347 | 535 | 0 |
| Edward Richardson | Whitechapel North | 252 | 24 | 276 | 251 | 24 | 275 | 508 | 1 |
| Chas. T. Blackman | Whitechapel Church | 64 | 4 | 68 | 64 | 4 | 68 | 287 | 0 |
| Henry L. Sequeira | Goodman's Fields | 498 | 101 | 599 | 463 | 100 | 563 | 384 | 36 |
| Chas. E. Jenkins | Aldgate | 48 | 3 | 51 | 47 | 3 | 50 | 329 | 1 |
| Totals | 1,649 | 226 | 1,875 | 1,599 | 225 | 1,824 | 2,783 | 51 | |
| The Successful Cases of VACCINATION for the Quarter ending Lady-day, 1859, were 545, or 74.6 per Cent. of the total Registered Births. | |||||||||