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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 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitechapel. | Mount-terrace | 7 | ... | ... | 2 | ||||||
| Brick-lane* | 132 | ... | 10 | 5 | |||||||
| Osborn-place | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | Mount-street | 34 | ... | 1 | 1 | ||
| Luntley-place | 17 | ... | 1 | 1 | Oxford-street | 26 | ... | ... | 2 | ||
| Dawson's-place | 19 | ... | 1 | 1 | Charlottc-court | 56 | ... | ... | 2 | ||
| Finch-street | 56 | ... | 1 | ... | Queen's Head-ct | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ||
| Montague-street | 24 | ... | 1 | 1 | Crown-court | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ||
| Frostic-court | 6 | ... | 1 | 1 | Vine-court | 18 | ... | 2 | ... | ||
| Great Garden-st | 10 | ... | 1 | ... | Fieldgate-street | 44 | ... | 2 | 4 | ||
| OldMontague-st | 55 | 2 | 1 | ... | Mountford-street | 23 | ... | 1 | 1 | ||
| Black Lion-yard | 19 | 1 | 1 | ... | Church-lane | 58 | ... | 2 | 1 | ||
| Easington-buildgs. | 18 | 3 | 3 | ... | John-street | 16 | ... | 1 | ... | ||
| Osborn-street | 33 | ... | 1 | ... | Spectacle-alley | 11 | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| Wentworth-st.* | 106 | 4 | 13 | 3 | Barley-mow-ct | 8 | 1 | ... | ... | ||
| Angel-alley | 15 | 1 | 2 | ... | Mansell-street | 54 | 1 | 1 | ... | ||
| George-yard | 27 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Haydon-square | 6 | 3 | 1 | ... | Several houses have been taken down in Goodman's-yard and Little Pres cott-street. | |
| Garden-court | 4 | ... | 1 | Fives-court | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | |||
| Old Castle-street | 16 | 2 | 2 | Swan-street | 11 | ... | ... | 1 | |||
| Newcastle-place | 40 | 1 | Goodman's-yard | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ||||
| Goulston-court | 92 | 8 | 5 | 2 | Grigg's-court | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Goulston-street | Enoch's-court | 6 | 1 | ... | 1 | ||||||
| Three Tun-alley | Little Prescott-st | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ||||||
| Marlborough-ct. * | 8 | 12 | 2 | *Inhabited by a very low class | Great Prescott-st | 80 | ... | 1 | ... | ||
| Petticoat-lane | 39 | 2 | 1 | St. Mark-street | 28 | 1 | ... | ... | |||
| Swan-yard | 21 | ... | 1 | Scarborough-st | 40 | ... | 2 | 1 | |||
| Little Love-court | 5 | 1 | ... | Tenter-street, (S.) | 21 | ... | 1 | ... | |||
| Love-court | 38 | ... | Tenter-street, (E.) | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ||||
| Boar's Head-yard | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | Great Alie-street | 47 | ... | 2 | ... | ||
| Castle-alley | 30 | 3 | 3 | The cases of Fever occurred at 94, High-st. | Smith's-buildings | 5 | ... | 3 | ... | These deaths occurred at No 2,Smith's buildings. | |
| High-street | 141 | 3 | 3 | Hf. Moon-passage | 12 | 1 | ... | ... | |||
| Newcastle-street | 44 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Duncan-street | 12 | ... | 1 | ... | |||||||
| Kent & Essex-yd | 3 | ... | 1 | * Inhabited by Foreign Jews. | |||||||
| Brownsou's-court | 6 | ... | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Tewksbury Bdgs.* | 14 | ... | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Leman-street | 131 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Inkhorn-court | 10 | ... | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Buckle-street* | 12 | 4 | 2 | 5 | *These strts. are without sowers. | ||||||
| Bull-court | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | |||||||
| Plough-street* | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | |||||||
| Road-side | 238 | ... | 6 | 2 | |||||||
| Colchester-street* | 35 | 3 | ... | 3 | |||||||
| Baker's-row | 29 | ... | 3 | ... | |||||||
| Little Alie-street | 28 | ... | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| White's-row | 16 | ... | ... | 1 | Chamber-street | 72 | 2 | 10 | 3 | ||
| Thomas-street | 48 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
| Chamber-court | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | |||||||
| Queen Ann-street | 60 | 2 | 10 | 2 | |||||||
| Bond's-buildings | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | |||||||
| Elizabeth place | 8 | ... | 3 | ... | |||||||
| Leman-row | 10 | 4 | 2 | ... | |||||||
| John-street | 31 | ... | 5 | 1 | |||||||
| Rupert-street | 23 | ... | 1 | ... | |||||||
| North-street | 46 | ... | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Christopher-court | 6 | ... | 1 | ... | Nearly all the houses in Lamboth-st. are let in tenements. | ||||||
| Bath-street | 29 | ... | 1 | ... | |||||||
| Lambeth-street | 70 | 6 | 10 | 3 | |||||||
| Wellington-street. | 13 | ... | 1 | ... | |||||||
| Gower's-walk | 59 | 2 | ... | ... | |||||||
| Little North-street | 16 | ... | 1 | ... | |||||||
| Jones's-buildings | 30 | 3 | 2 | ... | |||||||
| Wood's-buildings. | 14 | ... | 1 | ... | |||||||
| Back Cburch-lane | 83 | 4 | 9 | 1 | |||||||
| Court-street | 19 | ... | 2 | ... | |||||||
| Friendly-buildings | 12 | 1 | ... | 1 | |||||||
| Cannon-place. | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | |||||||
| William's-rents | 22 | 1 | 1 | ... | |||||||
| Raven-row | 19 | ... | 1 | ... | |||||||
| Brunswick-place | 17 | 1 | ... | ... | |||||||
| South-street | 5 | ... | 2 | ... | |||||||
| Everard's-place | 20 | ... | 3 | ... | |||||||
| Raven-street | 41 | ... | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Table-street | 43 | ... | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Hereford-place | 8 | ... | 2 | ... | |||||||
| Gower's-place | 16 | 5 | 1 | ... | |||||||
| Cotton-street | 24 | ... | 2 | ||||||||
| Gower's-row | 10 | 1 | ... | ||||||||
| * Including Spitalfields. | |||||||||||