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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 1871
[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 1st April, 1871.
| Districts. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet-Fever. | Diphtheria. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhœa. | Fever. | Total. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Workhouse. |
| Spitalfields | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 21 | |
| Mile End New Town | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 47 | |
| Whitechapel, North | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 18 | |
| Whitechapel Church | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | |
| Aldgate | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Totals | 83 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 130 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1870. | 0 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 43 |
Five Cases of Pyaemia occurred in the Whitechapel Church sub-District.
Of the 83 Deaths from Small-pox, 15 were recorded as having occurred in persons who had
been vaccinated, 29 in persons who had not been vaccinated, and in 39 instances there is no
record as regards vaccination.
TABLE III.
Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital for the Quarter ending 1st April, 1871.
| 0 and under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 20. | 20 and under 40. | 40 and under 60. | 60 and under 80. | 80 and upwards. | Total | Corresponding Quarter of 1870. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males, 42 | |||||||||
| Females, 51 | |||||||||
| 8 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 32 | 3 | 93 | 115 | |
| London Hospital | 3 | 7 | 14 | 61 | 41 | 17 | 0 | Males, 100 | 128 |
| Females, 43 | |||||||||
| 143 | |||||||||