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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 1872

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: APPENDIX.TABLE I.—Cases of Sickness of the Zymotic and Acute Classes, which are recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union,of the Three Months ending on the 30th March, 1872.

APPENDIX.

TABLE I.—Cases of Sickness of the Zymotic and Acute Classes, which are recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union,of the Three Months ending on the 30th March, 1872.

Names of Medical Officers.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Hooping-Cough.Diarrhœa.Cholera and Choleraic-Diarrhœa.Continued Fever, Typhus & Typhoid.Febricula.Pyæmia.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Croup.Acute Pulmonary Inflammation.Carbuncle.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Dysentery.Delirium Tremens.Lead Poisoning.All other Diseases.Total.
Bronchitis and Catarrh.Pleuritis and Pneumonia.
Dr. Swyer53198011901102670140002172269
Mr. Champneys560121000270200803000011208355
Mr. Sequeira4303302160400113130100174228
Mr. H. Braye52114500230400531034013203325
Mr. Loane9134410360200530093002142251
Total2327642270694013102231412971288991428
CorrespondingQuarter of previous Year.35215450970820024015238122811111024063688