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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 Months ending 27th June, 1863.
| District. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Hooping-cough. | Diarrhoea. | Fever. | Total. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 20 | |
| Spitalfields | 7 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 31 | |
| Mile End N.Town | 6 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 44 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, N | 6 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | |
| Whitechapel Church | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |
| Aldgate | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Total | 21 | 3 | 82 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 165 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics fur the corresponding quarter, 1861. | 6 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 84 | 172 |
TABLE III.—Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and iu the London Hospital.
| 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 43 Femls. 27 | Corresponding Quarter of 1862. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workhouse | 11 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 72 | 120 |
| L. Hospital | 0 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 41 | 13 | 1 | Males 73 Femls.24 97 | 69 |