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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 July, 1869.
| Districts. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet-Fever. | Diphtheria. | Hooping- Cough. | Cholera & Choleraic Diarrhea. | Fever. | Cholera. | Total. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Spitalfields | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | |
| Mile End New Town | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 30 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, North | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | |
| Whitechapel Church | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | Hospital. |
| Goodmanp's Fiedlds | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 17 | |
| Aldgate | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |
| Totals | 1 | 16 | 33 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 113 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1868. | 0 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 90 |
There were 6 deaths from pyaemia in the London Hospital. One death from fever occurred in
in the Fever Hospital, and not a single death from small-pox is recorded in the Small-pox Hospital
of any person belonging to this District. Three deaths from fever occurred in the London Hospital,
all of which were of non-residents.
TABLE III.
The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 3rd July, 1869.
| Districts. | Bir | hs. | Total. | Dea | ths. | Total. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Excess of Deaths over Births. | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M, | F. | ||||||
| Artillery | 28 | 26 | 54 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 30 | 0 | |
| Spitalfields | 63 | 38 | 101 | 40 | 41 | 81 | 20 | 0 | |
| MileEndN.Town | 70 | 80 | 150 | 91 | 78 | 169 | 0 | 19 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, N. | 43 | 54 | 97 | 50 | 24 | 74 | 23 | 0 | |
| Wliitechpl Church | 26 | 32 | 58 | 103 | 42 | 145 | 0 | 87 | London Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 53 | 47 | 100 | 35 | 29 | 64 | 36 | 0 | 81 Kon-residents died in the London Hospital. |
| Aldgate | 24 | 25 | 49 | 28 | 22 | 50 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 307 | 302 | 609 | 356 | 251 | 607 | 109 | 107 | Excess of Deaths over Births, deducting the 81 non-residents, 73. |
| population in 1861, 78,970. | |||||||||