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Whitechapel 1861
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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- 1861
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- 64
- Tables
- 45
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TABLE I. SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS MADE AND WORKS EXECUTED since the 1st of JANUARY, 1861, to the 30th MARCH, 1861.
From February, 1856, to the 1st of January, 1861. For the Quarter ending 31st March, 1861. 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 II.-SUMMARY OF WORKS EXECUTED UP TO THE 31st DECEMBER, 1860.
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. 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, recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union, for the Three Months ending on the 30th March, 1861.
Small-Pox. Measles. Scarlatina. Hooping-Cough. Diarrhoea. Continued Fever. (Typhus & Typhoid.) Erysipelas. Carbuncle. Puerperal Fever. Acute Pulmonary Inflammations. Croup. Rheumatic Fever. Delirium Tremens. Dysentery. 1 All other Diseases. Total. Average number of Fever cases per Week. Bronchitis and Catarrh. Pleuritis and Pneumonia. -
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TABLE IV. —Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending on the 30th March, 1861.
Districts. Small-Pox. Measles. Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria. Hooping-Cough. Diarrhœa. Fever. Total. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M F. -
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TABLE V. —Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse.
0 and under 1 1 and under 5 5 and under 20 20 and under 40 40 and under 60 60 and under 80 80 and upwards. Total. Corresponding Quarter of 1860. Males 62 Females 45 -
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TABLE VI .—Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending 30th March, 1861.
Districts. 0 and under 1 1 and under 5 5 and under 20 20 and under 40 40 and under 60 60 and under 80 80 and upwards. Total. Remarks. -
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TABLE VII .—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for' the Three Months ending on the 30th March, 1861.
Districts. Births. Total. Deaths. Total. Excess of Births over Deaths. Excess of Deaths over Births. Remarks. M. F. M. F. -
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WHITECHAPEL. TABLE VIII .— Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 30th MARCH, 1861.
Causes of Death. 0 and under 1 and under 5 5 and under 20 20 and under 40 40 and under 60 60 and under 80 80 and above Total. Causes of Death. 0 and under 1 1 and under 5 5 and under '20 20 and under 40 40 and under 60 60 and under 80 80 and above. Total. -
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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 30th March, 1861.
Causes of Death. 0 and under 1 and under 5 5 and under 20 20 and under 40 40 and under 60 60 and under 80 80 and above. Total. Causes of Death. 0 and under 1 1 and under 5 5 and under 20 20 and under 40 40 and under 60 60 and under 80 80 and above, Total. -
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Table X.—Tabular Summary of House Improvements up to the 31st of December, 1860.
Name of Street or Place. No. of Houses in Place or Street. No. of Houses Inspected. Dkains. Cesspools. Water Closets. Dust Bins. Pavement. General Water Supply. Genernl 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. Grenerally Repaired. Cleansing and Limewhiting. Ventilation. -
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In order to show in which of the sub-districts the population has increased and decreased, I have been able, from information kindly afforded to me by the Registrar-General, to construct the subjoined Table:-
DISTRICTS. Population enumerated. Increase + Decrease No. of distinct Families. Houses. No. of Persons in Public Buildings. 1861. Total. 1851. Inhabited Uninhabited Building Buildings. M. F. Total. M. F. -
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The sub-districts are arranged in the order of the density of persons to an acre.
*DISTRICTS. Area in Statute Acres Density. Average No. of Persons to each Mean elevation in feet above high water Trinity mark. Persons to an Acre. House. Family. -
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TABLE I SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS MADE AND WORKS EXECUTED Up to the 30th day of June, 1861
Total number of Nuisances removed Works in progress but not completed Number of Nuisances inspected in houses or in other premises Number of Houses systematically visited House-to- house visitation Number of Nuisances entered in Complaint Book Number of visits to Slaughter Houses Number of visits to Cow Houses Number of Summonses taken out Number of Notices served For Sanitary defects For other Nuisances, Obstructions&c -
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TABLE II—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 ending the 29th June, 1861
Names of Medical Officers Small-Pox Measles Scarlatina Hooping-Cough Diarrhoea Continued Ferer (Typhus and Typhoid) Eysipelas Carbuncle Ague Acute Pulmonary Inflammations Croup Pyasmia Delirium Tremens Dysentery All other Diseases Total Average number of Fever eases per Week Bronchitis and Catarrh Pneumonia and Pleuritis -
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TABLE III—Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending on tile 20th June, 1861
Districts Small-Pox Measles Scarlet-Fever Diphtheria Hooping-Cough Diarrhœa Fever Total. M F M E M F M F M F M F M F M F -
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TABLE IV—Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse
0 and under 1 1 and under 5 5 and under 20 20 and under 40 40 and under 60 60 and under 80 80 and upwards Total Males 33 Femls26 Corresponding Quarter of 1860 -
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TABLE V—Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending 29th June, 186.
Districts 0 and under 1 i and under 5 5 and under 20 20 an d under 40 40 and under GO 60 and under 80 80 and upwards Total Remarks -
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TABLE VI—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 29th June, 1861,
Districts Births Total Deaths Total Excess of Births over Deaths Excess of Deaths over Births Remarks -
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TABLE VII.—LONDON HOSPITAL. Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the London Hospital, for the Three Months ending 29th June, 1861.
Causes of Death. 0 and under 1 1 and under 5 5 and under 20 20 and under 40 40 and under 60 60 and under 80 80 and above. Total. Causes of Death. 0 and under 1. 1 and under 5. 5 and under 20. 20 and under 40. 40 and under 60 60 and under 80 ! 80 and above | Total. -
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TABLE VIII.—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 29th June, 1861.
Causes of Death. 0 and under 1 1 and under 5 5 and under 20 20 and under 4o 4o and under 60 60 and uuder 80 80 and above. Total. Causes of Death. 0 and under 1. 1 and under 5 5 and under 20 20 and under 40 40 and under 60 60 and under 80 80 and above Total. -
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TABLE I SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS MADE AND WORKS EXECUTED For the Quarter ending the 30th day of September, 1861
Prom the 1st July, to the 30tll September, 1861, both inclusive Total number of Nuisances removed, of every denomination Works in progress but not completed Number of Nuisances inspected in houses or in other mises Number of Courts visited according to new system Number of Nuisances entered in Complaint Book Number of Summonses taken out Number of Cesspools abolished and emptied Number of Notices served For defective Drainage, &c For other Nuisances Abolished Emptied, &c Preliminary Compulsory -
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TABLE II—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 ending the 2Sth Sept, 1861
Names of Medical Officers Small-Pox Measles Scarlatina Hooping-Cough Diarrhoea Continued Fever (Typhus and Typlioid) Eysipelas Carbuncle Ague Acute Pulmonary Inflammations Croup Puerperal Fever Rheumatic Fever Dysentery All other Diseases Total Average number of Fever cases per Week Bronchitis and Catarrh Pneumonia and Pleuritis -
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TABLE III—Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending on the 4 28th Sept, 1861
Districts Small-Pox Measles Scarlet -Fever Diphtheria Hooping-Cough Diarrlicea Fever Total M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F -
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TABLE IY—Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse
0 and nder 1 1 and under 5 5 and under 20 20 and under 40 40 and under 60 60 and under 80 80 and upwards Total Males 37 Femls23 Corresponding Quarter of 1860 -
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TABLE V—Ages at Death in each Registration District) for the Three Months ending 28th Sept, 1801
Districts 0 and under 1 1 and under 5 5 and under 20 20 and under 40 40 and under 60 60 and under 80 80 and upwards Total Remarks -
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TABLE VI—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 28th Sept, 1861
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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, 1861 Number anrl Ages of Persons Vaccinated by the public Vaccinators Number of such cases successfully Vaccinated No of Reg Births, all classes, dnring the Year, including Workb, and whole of parishes iu uiron Unsuccessful cases Under 1 year Above l year Total Under 1 year Above 1 year Total -
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TABLE VIII.—LONDON HOSPITAL. Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the London Hospital, for the Three Months ending 28th Sept., 1801.
Causes of Death. 0 and under 1 1 and under 5 5 and under 20 20 and under 40 40 and under 60 60 and under 80 80 and above. Total. Causes of Death. 0 and under 1. 1 and under 5. 5 and under 20. 20 and under 40. 40 and under 60 60 and under 80 80 and above Total, -
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TABLE IX.—Causes of Death at Seven Periods of Life, registered in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending 28th Sept., 1861.
Causes of Death. 0 and under 1 and under 5 5 and under 20 20 and under 4o 4o and under 60 60 and under 80 80 and above. Total. Causes of Death. 0 and under 1. 1 and under 5 5 and under 20 20 and under 40 40 and under 60 60 and under 80 80 and above Total, -
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TABLE I SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS MADE AND WORKS EXECUTED For the Quarter ending the 28th day of December, 1861
Total number of Nuisances removed of every denomination Works in progress but not completed Number of Nuisances inspected in houses or in other Premises Number of Courts visited according to new system Number of Nuisances entered in Complaint Book Summonses taken out Cesspools Notices served Public Privies in Courts, &c, Cleansed For defective Drainage, &c For other Nuisances Destroyed* Emptied j Preliminary Compulsory -
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TABLE II—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 ending the 28th December, 1861
Names of Medical Officers Small-Pox Measles Scarlatina Hooping Cough Diarrhoea Continued Fever (Typhus andTy-phoid) Cholera Erysipelas Pysemia Puerperal Fever Carbuncle AcutePulmonary Inflammations Croup Rheumatic Fever Ague Dysentery Delirium Tremens Diphtheria Other Diseases Total Average number of Fever cases per Week Bronchitis and Catarrh Pneumonia and Pleuritis -
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TABLE III—Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending on the 28th December, 1861
Districts Small-Pox Measles Scarlet Fever Diphtheria Hooping-Cough Diarrhrea Fever Total M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F -
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TABLE IV—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 28th December, 1861
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 V—Showing the Births and Deaths in each District, for the Year ending on the 28th December, 1861
BIRTHS DEATHS Districts April July October December Total April July October December Total Excess of Births over Deaths Excess of Deaths over Births -
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TABLE VI—Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months, ending 28th December, 1861
Districts 0 and under 1 1 and under 5 5 and under 20 20 and under 40 40 and under 60 60 and under 80 80 and upwards Total Remarks -
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TABLE VII—Showing the Mortality in the Workhouse and Hospitals in the District during 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, and 1861
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TABLE VIII—Showing the total Mortality in the Whitechapel District, without deduction for non-residents, in the undermentioned years
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TABLE IX—Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, for the Quarter ending 28th December, 1861
0 and under 1 1 and under 5 5 and under 20 20 and under 40 40 and under 60 60 and under 80 80 and upwards Total Corresponding Quarter of 1860 Males 34 Females 27 -
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WHITECHAPEL. TABLE X.—Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the Whltechapel District, for the Three Months ending 28th December, 1861.
Causes of Death. 0 and under 1 1 and under 5 5 and under 20 20 and under 40 40 and under 60 60 and under 80 80 and above. Total. Causes of Death. 0 and under 1 1 and under 5 5 and under 20 20 and under 40 40 and under 60 60 and under 80 80 and above. Total. -
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LONDON HOSPITAL. TABLE XI.—Causes of Death at Seven periods of Life, registered in the London Hospital for the Three Months ending 28th December, 1861.
Causes of Death. 0 and under 1 1 and under 5 5 and under 20 20 and under 40 40 and under 60 60 and under 80 80 and above Total. Causes of Death. 0 and under 1 1 and under 5 5 and under 20 20 and under 40 40 and under 60 60 and under 80 80 and above. Total. -
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TABLE XII—Summary of Courts and Places visited by the Inspectors from July, 1861; to the 28th day of December, 1861.
Total. Names of Courts or Places. Number op Houses and Rooms, and Number of Inmates when Visited. Courts or Places where Adults of both Sexes were ascertained to be Living and Sleeping in the same room, and Particulars of such Indecent Occupation. Remarks. Number of Houses. Number of Rooms. Number of Inmates -
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Tewkesbury Buildings, Whitechpl 14 68 136 1st case Father, mother, and adult son, sleeping together Rooms average 10 by 16 by 9 -
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TABLE XIII—Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases in the Whitechapel District, during the years 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, and 1861
1856 1857 1858 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 -
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TABLE XIII— CONTINUED
1859 1860 1861 Districts Small-pox Measles Scarlet Fever Hooping-cough Diarrhoea Typhus Total Small-pox Measles Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria Hooping-cough Diarrhoea Typhus Total Small-pox Measles Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria Hooping-cough Diarrhoea Typhus Total