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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 1863
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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TABLE II.—Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases for the Three Mouths ending 28th March, 1863.
| District. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Hooping-cough. | Diarrhoea. | Fever. | Total. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | |
| Spitalfields | 10 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 40 | |
| MileEndN.Town | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 42 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, N. | 11 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 42 | |
| Whitechapel Ch. | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | Hospital. |
| Goodmn's Fields | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | |
| Aldgate | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | |
| Total | 31 | 19 | 62 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 39 | 183 | |
| Death from Epidemics for the corresponding quarter, 1862. | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 53 | 108 |
TABLE III.—Showing the Ages at death in the Workhouse and in the London Hospital.
| 0 and under 1 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and undr20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards | Total Males 52 Femls. 49 | Corresponding Quarter of 1862 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workhouse | 10 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 6 | 101 | 118 |
| L. Hospital | 0 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 39 | 13 | 0 | Males 69 Femls. 31 100 | 112 |