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Whitechapel 1870

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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TABLE VIII.

Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases in the Whitechapel District during the last

14 years.

Name of Disease.		1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868*	1869*
Small Pox		31	3	4	60	21	28	33	69	5	22	44	40	11	1
Measles		12	60	78	31	81	27	153	26	137	28	139	33	69	71
Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria		45	43	87	96	59	70	91	200	50	80	76	26	48	208
Hooping Cough		64	89	117	50	49	98	62	52	74	97	94	72	55	113
Diarrhœa		81	139	108	141	67	101	69	114	109	122	119	100	138	97
Fever		188	117	104	93	69	65	250	158	170	167	100	82	109	95
Cholera and Choleraic Diarrhoea		0	10	6	5	1	4	5	5	2	4	904	9	10	7
Totals		421	461	504	476	347	393	663	714	547	520	1476	362	440	592
London	Fever	2674	2203	1902	1796	1302	1754	3635	2802	3689	3232	2681	2174	2483	2211
London	Scarlta.&Diphta	1795	1587	4118	4197	2457	3058	4194	5799	3806	2614	2316	1836	3418	6162

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* The year 1868, in the returns for London, comprises 371 days. In the Whitechapel
District, the year 1869 comprises 371 days.

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TABLE IX.

Showing the cases of Epidemic Diseases among the pauper population in the Whitechapel District during the last 14 years.

Name of Disease.	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869
Small Pox	115	6	20	242	65	86	113	253	21	86	261	254	93	5
Measles	71	266	427	179	520	70	525	80	482	51	679	155	323	212
Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria	105	49	146	175	93	109	118	305	156	164	197	60	54	311
Hooping Cough	98	150	230	146	83	388	153	169	217	280	217	219	144	308
Diarrhœa	898	1324	946	209	773	1418	1085	1108	1127	1342	1664	1471	1631	1033
Fever	1929	1441	590	411	190	109	822	464	295	573	343	308	586	385
Cholera and Choleraic Diarrhœa	0	16	0	1	1	0	1	1	4		58	5	8	1
Totals	2216	3252	2359	1363	1725	2180	2817	2380	2302	2500	3419	2469	2839	2255