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Whitechapel 1865

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE II.—Total number of the under-mentioned Diseases, recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union, from 1860 to 1865.

TABLE II.—Total number of the under-mentioned Diseases, recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union, from 1860 to 1865.

Year.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Hooping-CoughDiarrhoea and Dysentery.Fever.Cholera.Erysipelas.Puerperal FeverCarbuncle.Bronchitis and Cattarrh.Pneumonia and Pleuritis.Croup.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Delirium Tremens.Total.
1860655209383801190152198451413741611392
186186701003881452109...75198031049518213724
18621135251181531106822156...455713591624414270
186325380305169113946417416533134122011814564
1864214821562171127295192167869561413114932
1865865116428013425734972174512301412315594

Table: TABLE II.—Total number of the under-mentioned Diseases, recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union, from 1860 to 1865.

TABLE II.—Total number of the under-mentioned Diseases, recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union, from 1860 to 1865.

Total number of cases ofIllness in theWorkhousein 18601677
Dittodittodittoin 18612911
Dittodittodittoin 18622987
Dittodittodittoin 18632479
Dittodittodittoin 18643112
Dittodittodittoin 18653535

Table: TABLE III.—Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases, for the Three Months ending 30th December, 1865.

TABLE III.—Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases, for the Three Months ending 30th December, 1865.

Districts.Small-Pox.Measels.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Hooping-Cough.Diarrhoea.Fever.Total.Remarks.
Artillery10000001
Spitalfields1004021825
Mile End New Town2060782245Workhouse.
Whitechapel, North012036618
Whitechapel Church007031213Hospital.
Goodman's Fields200014310
Aldgate012133212
Total152211192343124
Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 186411516113163193

Table: TABLE IV.—Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital, for the Quarter ending 30th December, 1865.

TABLE IV.—Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital, for the Quarter ending 30th December, 1865.

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, 54 Females, 52Corresponding Quarter of 1864.
Workhouse1044192834710691
London Hospital07143734141Males, 79 Females, 28 107110