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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: TABLE II.—Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases, for the Three Months ending 1st April, 1865.

TABLE II.—Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases, for the Three Months ending 1st April, 1865.

Districts.Small.Pox.Measels.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.HoopingCough.Diarrhoea.Fever.Total.Remarks.
Artillery03000014
Spitalfields054020415
Mile End New Town1020233038Workhouse.
Whitechapel, North142032416
Whitechapel Church012091316Hospital.
Goodman.s Fields0130131220
Aldgate1101122219
Total31513141946128
Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 18644255019444101

Table: TABLE III.—Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital, for the Quarter ending 1st April, 1865.

TABLE III.—Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital, for the Quarter ending 1st April, 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, 58 Females, 48Corresponding Quarter of 1864.
Workhouse10611430405106115
London Hospital312134140161Males, 91 Females, 35126117