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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 IV.
Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases, for the Three Months ending 30th Sept., 1871.
| Districts. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet-Fevre | Diphtheria. | Hooping Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Fever. | Cholera & Choleraic Diarrhoea. | Total. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 16 | |
| Spitalfields | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 22 | |
| Mile End New Town | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 26 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, North | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 20 | |
| Whitechapel Church | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 15 | Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| Aldgate | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 19 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1870. | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 99 | 7 | 3 | 142 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1870. | 6 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 78 | 10 | 6 | 133 |
Two deaths occurred from Puerperal Fever, 4 from Croup, 10 from Erysipelas, 5 from
Rheumatism, and 1 from Pyamia.
TABLE V.
Showing the Ages at Death iu the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital for the Quarter
ending 30th Sept., 1871.
TABLE V.
Showing the Ages at Death iu the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital for the Quarter ending 30th Sept., 1871.
| 0 under 1 | 1 under 5 | 5 under 20 | 20 under 40 | 40 under 60 | 60 under 80 | 80 and upwards | Total | Corresponding Quarter of 1870 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males, 35 Females, 20 | |||||||||
| Workhouse | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 55 | 66 |
| London Hospital | 4 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 44 | 16 | 0 | Males, 81 Females, 46 | 159 |
| 127 |