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Whitechapel 1870

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE VI.Total number cf the undermentioned Diseases, recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union, from 1860 to 1869, and the total cases of illness.

TABLE VI.

Total number cf the undermentioned Diseases, recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union, from 1860 to 1869, and the total cases of illness.

Year.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Hooping-Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Fever.Cholera.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Carbuncle.Bronchitis and Catarrh.Pneumonia and Pleuritis.Croup.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Delirium Tremens.Total Cases.
1860655209383801100152198451413741611392
18618670100388145210975198031049518213724
18621135251181531106822156...455713591624414270
186325380305169113946417416533134122011814564
1861214821562171127295192167869561413114932
18658651164280134257349721745123...1412415594
1866261679197217166434358627546244766121316502
1867254155602191471308565156422285183101017181
186893323541441626586880254502083157181017417
1869521231130810333851751663202581100351114031

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In the Annual Report for the last year, the following note was appended:—
"On perusing the above Table, it will be seen, that the cases of illness among the pauper
population had been annually increasing from 1860 to 1868, and, on referring to my Reports for
the years 1857 and 1858, I find that the cases of illness, which were attended by the Medical
Officers of the Union, were 10,708 and 11,718 respectively, while in 1856 they were only 9897.
The great annual increase, as is shown in the above returns, cannot be explained on the supposition
that there has been an increase of the population, for the census returns show that the
population of this District, so far from having increased, is less by two or three thousand than it
was in 1857." The number of cases of illness among the pauper population has been for this year
less by 3387.

Table: TABLE VII.Showing the Births, Deaths, Deaths of Non-residents, Deaths in the London Hospital and in the Workhouse, in each Year, from 1857 to 1869.

TABLE VII.

Showing the Births, Deaths, Deaths of Non-residents, Deaths in the London Hospital and in the Workhouse, in each Year, from 1857 to 1869.

Year.Total Births.Total Deaths.Deaths of Non-Besidents.Total Deaths in the London Hospital.Total Deaths in the Workhouse.
1857 (53 weeks)28682360147338272
185827422444140325269
185928262321189354239
186027462302163326282
186126862331179366287
186228132551187330369
1863 (53 weeks)27962764181418324
186428032792212453414
186526842532208416362
186625613495432733413
186726862331241445331
186826112519324536376
1869 (53 weeks)25712675283504328

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The number of inquests which have been held this year in this District has been 256. In the
year 1868 the number was 306.