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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 1864
[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 1st October, 1864.
| District. | Small-Pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Hooping-Cough | Diarrhoea | Fever | Total | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| Spitaliields | — | 19 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 43 | ||
| Mile End N.Twn. | — | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 28 | 59 | Workhouse | |
| Whitechapel, N | — | 14 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 39 | ||
| Whitechapel Ch | — | 5 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 27 | Hospital | ||
| Goodman's Fields | - | 2 | 5 | 5 | 32 | ||||
| Aldgate | — | 7 | 3 | ||||||
| Total | — | 57 | 71 | 52 | 219 | ||||
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding quarter, 1863. | 88 | 4 | 15 | 76 | 39 | 233 |
Two .Cases of Cholera occurred in the District, one in Mile End New Town, the
other in Aldgate. A case of Small-pox, removed from Mr. Richardson's District,
died in the Small-pox Hospital. The patient had not been vaccinated.
TABLE III.—Showing the Ages at Death in the "Workhouse, and in the London Hospital, for the Quarter ending 1st October, 1864.
| 0 and under 1 | 1 and onder 5 | 5 and undr 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards | Total Males 42 Femls 48 | Corres-ponding Quarter of 1863. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workhouse | 6 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 32 | 2 | 90 | 70 |
| L. Hospital | 1 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 48 | 16 | 0 | Males 100 Femls 29 129 | 103 |