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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 1869
[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 3rd April, 1869 (14 weeks).
| Districts. | Small-Pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Hooping-Cough | Diarrhoea | Fever | Cholera and Choleraic- Diarrhœa. | Total | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | |
| Spitalfields | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 27 | |
| Mile End N. Twn. | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 38 | Work house |
| Whitechapel, N.. | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 14 | |
| Whitechapel Cli.. | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | Hsptl |
| Goodman's Fields | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Aldgate | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Totals | 0 | 14 | 25 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 109 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding quarter, 1868. | 8 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 89 | |
| Two deaths from Pyœmia are recorded in the Mile End New Town sub-District and 6 in the Whitechapcl sub-District. | ||||||||||
TABLE III.— Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the Londoii Hospital, for the Quarter ending 3rd April, 1869 (14 weeks).
| 0 and underl | 1 and under5 | 5 and undr20 2 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and uuder80 | 80 and upwards | Total Males 71 Femls 44 | Corresponding Quarter of 1868. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workhouse | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 31 | 37 | 9 | 115 | |
| L. Hospital | 4 | 14 | 22 | 41 | 44 | 17 | 0 | Malesl03 Femls 39 142 | 98 |