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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 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. | |||
| Artillery | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 6769 | 271 | 41 |
| Spitalfields | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 22 | 58 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 52 | 0 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 93 | 20 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 29 | 7 | 89 | 15336 | 289 | 36 |
| Mile End New Town | 8 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 63 | 106 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 36 | 88 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 33 | 34 | 38 | 135 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 33 | 111 | 14543 | 227 | 36 |
| Whitechapel N | 10 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 57 | 99 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 25 | 34 | 93 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 87 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 27 | 9 | 73 | 12530 | 216 | 36 |
| Whitechapel Church | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 50 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 53 | 7818 | 166 | 32 |
| Goodman's Fields | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 39 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 8 | 69 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 62 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 67 | 12069 | 237 | 28 |
| Aldgate | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 58 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 11 | 62 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 53 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 53 | 10694 | 99 | 19 | |
| Totals | 31 | 12 | 45 | 64 | 81 | 188 | 421 | 3 | 60 | 43 | 89 | 139 | 117 | 451 | 4 | 78 | 87 | 117 | 108 | 104 | 498 | 60 | 31 | 96 | 50 | 141 | 93 | 471 | 79759 | ||
| Artillery | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 6769 | 271 | 41 |
| Spitalfields | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 22 | 58 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 52 | 0 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 93 | 20 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 29 | 7 | 89 | 15336 | 289 | 36 |
| Mile End New Town | 8 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 63 | 106 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 36 | 88 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 33 | 34 | 38 | 135 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 33 | 111 | 14543 | 227 | 36 |
| Whitechapel N | 10 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 57 | 99 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 25 | 34 | 93 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 87 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 27 | 9 | 73 | 12530 | 216 | 36 |
| Whitechapel Church | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 50 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 53 | 7818 | 166 | 32 |
| Goodman's Fields | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 39 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 8 | 69 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 62 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 67 | 12069 | 237 | 28 |
| Aldgate | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 58 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 11 | 62 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 53 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 53 | 10694 | 99 | 19 | |
| Totals | 31 | 12 | 45 | 64 | 81 | 188 | 421 | 3 | 60 | 43 | 89 | 139 | 117 | 451 | 4 | 78 | 87 | 117 | 108 | 104 | 498 | 60 | 31 | 96 | 50 | 141 | 93 | 471 | 79759 | ||
The fatal cases of Diphtheria for the year 1859 are 10.
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. | Diarrhoea | Typhus. | Total. | Total for corresponding Quarter, 1858. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Artillery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Spitalfields | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 12 |
| Mile End New Town | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 16 | 21 |
| Whitechapel, North | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 |
| Whitechapel Church | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| Goodman's Fields | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 8 |
| Aldgate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1858 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | l | 6 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 49 | 71 | 65 | 57 |
| 23 | 15 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 22 | 120 | 122 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 44 | 32 | 10 | 32 | 122 | 122 | |||||||||||