London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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| Jan. 2nd | Jan. 9th | Jan. 16th | Jan. 23rd | Jan. 30th | Feb. 6th | Feb. 13th | Feb. 20th | Feb. 27th | Mar. 6th | Mar. 13 th | Mar. 20th | Mar. 27th | Aprl 3rd | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths from Diarrhcea. | 9 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 16 | I9 |
| Deaths from Cholera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mean Tern peratureo of the Air | 41.°0 | 45.7° | 40.4° | 36.6° | 40.7° | 49.2° | 47.5° | 45.5° | 40.9° | 39.1° | 35.6° | 36.9° | 38.7° | 39.°0 |
| Kain-fall in inches | 1.53 | 1.15 | 0.23 | 0.13 | 1.03 | 0.65 | 0.97 | 0.17 | O.70 | 0.47 | 0.04 | 0.57 | 0.27 | 0.24 |
| Deaths in London | 1629 | 1501 | 1490 | 1578 | 1737 | 1631 | 1426 | 1491 | 1419 | 1487 | 1519 | 1549 | 1590 | 1670 |
| Deaths in the White- chapel Dis-trict | 59 | 57 | 46 | 44 | 61 | 42 | 52 | 52 | 53 | 46 | 48 |
SANITARY WORK PERFORMED DURING THE QUARTER.
The following return shows the amount of work done by the Sanitary
Inspectors during the quarter:—
Number of inspections of houses, as shown in the official returns ...5039
Houses systematically visited and rooms measured to ascertain
their cubic capacity 72
Number of cases of indecent occupation discovered 3
Preliminary notices served, many of such notices embracing in each
several premises 397
Compulsory orders issued, embracing 50 houses and premises 20
Summonses heard at police courts 5
Houses in which the rooms or passages have been whitewashed 162
Dust-bins provided 55
Privies lime-whited, cleansed, and repaired 86
Water-butts or cisterns provided or repaired 56
Drains in houses improved, &c 60
Cesspools abolished 10
Houses systematically re-visited 41
Cellars used as dwellings discontinued for such use 2
Yards of houses paved or the pavement repaired 72
Number of special noticcs served for registration of 109 houses 95
Slaughter-houses specially visited 36
Cow-houses ditto 24
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance, removed 2
Area gratings, cellar flaps, &c., repaired 9
One case of the prolonged retention of a dead body complained of 1