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Whitechapel 1871

[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 15 years.

Name of Disease185718581859186018611862186318641865186618671868186918701871
Small Pox346021283369522444011156159
Measles607831812715326137281303369713642
Scarlet Fever & Diphtheria43879659709120050807626482085925
Hooping Cough89117504998625274979472551135043
Diarrhoea139108141671016911410912211910013897107125
11710493696525015817016710082109955240
Cholera & Cho leraic-Diaha.1065145524904910763
Total4615044763473936637145475201476 362440592366437
LondonFever22031902179G130217543635280236893232268121742483221120491755
Scarlta. & Diph.158741184197245730584194579938062614231618363418616263062220
Small Pox15424711568772153452012537646138813396062739587834

TABLE IX.

Showing the cases of Epidemic Diseases among the pauper population in the Whiteehapel District during the last 15 years.

Name of Disease185718581859186018611862186318641865186618671868186918701871
Small Pox62024265861132532186261254935302625
Measles266427179520705258048251679155323212257178
Scarlet Fever & Diphtheria491461759310911830515616419760543119732
Hooping Cough15023014683388153169217280217219144308140102
Diarrhœa13249462097731418108511081127134216641471163110331097590
Fever1441590411190109822464295573343308j586385325201
Cholera & Choleraic-Diaha.16011011445858142
Total325223591363172521802817238023022500341924692839225522221730