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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 1865
[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 30th September, 1865.
| District. | Small-Pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Hooping-Cough | Diarrhœa | Fever | Total | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Spitalfields | — | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 25 | |
| Mile End N. Twn. | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 23 | 46 | Workhouse |
| Whitechapel, N. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 22 | |
| Whitechapel Ch. | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | Hospital |
| Goodman's Fields | — | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 22 | |
| Aldgate | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 13 | |
| Total | 3 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 13 | 64 | 42 | 144 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding quarter, 1864. | 0 | 57 | 22 | 1 | 16 | 71 | 52 | 219 |
Four Cases of Cholera occurred in the District, one in Mile End New Town, one
in Spitalfields, and two in Whitechapel Church sub-Districts.
TABLE III.—Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital, for the Quarter ending 30th September, 1864.
| 0 and underl | 1 and under5 | 5 and undr20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards | Total Males 42 Femls 48 | Corresponding Quarter of 1864. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workhouse | 9 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 71 | 90 |
| L. Hospital | 0 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 24 | 13 | 0 | Males 66 Femls 18 84 | 103 |