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Whitechapel 1866

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE IV.—Total number cf the undermentioned Diseases, recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union, from 1860 to 1866.

TABLE IV.—Total number cf the undermentioned Diseases, recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union, from 1860 to 1866.

Year.Small-Pox.Measels.Scarlatina.Hooping-Cough.Diarrhœa and Dysentery.Fever.Cholera.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Carbuncle.Bronchitis and Cattarrh.Pneumonia and Pleuritis.Croup.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Delirium Tremens.Total.
1860655209383801190152198451413741611392
186186701003881452109...75198031049518213724
18621135251181531106822156...455713591624414270
186325380305169113946417416533134122011814564
1864214891562171127295192167869561413114932
18658651164280134257349721745123...1412415594
186626167919721716643435862...7546244766121316502

Table: TABLE V.—Showing the Births, Deaths, Deaths of Non-residents, Deaths in the London Hospital and in the Workhouse, in each Year, from 1857 to 1865.

TABLE V.—Showing the Births, Deaths, Deaths of Non-residents, Deaths in the London Hospital and in the Workhouse, in each Year, from 1857 to 1865.

Year.Total Births.Total Deaths.Deaths of Non-Residents.Total Deaths in the London Hospital.Total Deaths in the Workhouse.
1857 (53 weeks)28682350147338272
185827422444140325269
185928262321189354239
186027462302163326282
186126862331179366287
186228132551187330369
1863 (53 weeks)27962764181418324
186428032792212453414
186526842532208416362
186625613495432733413

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The deaths of persons resident in the district which occurred in the London Hospital during the year 1866 were 115.
The residences of those persons whose death was the result of accident, are not given in the Registrar's returns. The deaths
of non-residents in the temporary Cholera Hospital were 103, and of residents within the district 31. Total deaths 134.

Table: TABLE VI.—Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital for the Quarter ending 29th December, 1866.

TABLE VI.—Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital for the Quarter ending 29th December, 1866.

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 end upwards.Total Males, 45. Females, 36.Corresponding Quarter of 1865.
Workhouse715232518281106
London Hospital014193835121Males, 78. Females, 41. 119107