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Whitechapel 1872

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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the Hospital bore cicatrices of vaccination undoubtedly genuine." It
appears from Table No. 2 of Dr. McCann's report that the rate of
mortality from small-pox in children under five years of age is among the
vaccinated 10.5, and among the unvaccinated 59.0 per cent.; and in
young persons from ten to fifteen years the rate of mortality in the
vaccinated is 6.8 per cent., while in the unvaccinated it is 45.9 per cent.
No stronger proof is needed to show the necessity of vaccination.

Table: The following Table, compiled from the annual returns of the Registrar-General, shows the deaths in London from small-pox, measles, scarlet fever, whooping-cough, diarrhoea, and fever* (typhus, typhoid, or enteric, simple continued fever), registered in the years 1838-71:—

The following Table, compiled from the annual returns of the Registrar-General, shows the deaths in London from small-pox, measles, scarlet fever, whooping-cough, diarrhoea, and fever* (typhus, typhoid, or enteric, simple continued fever), registered in the years 1838-71:—

Years183818391840184118421843184418451846
Days365365365364364364364364364
Small Pox3817634123519533604381804909257
Measles585205611329731293144211822318747
Scarlet Fever1524269919546631224186730291085928
Whooping Cough208325611069227516031908129218162035
Diarrhœa3932584604657048347058412152
Fever407818191262115011742083169613011851
Totals12,48010,0277,1126,5796,3588,5729,7088,2707,970
Years184718481849185018511852185318541855
Days371364364364364364371364364
Small Pox9551617518498106611662176761024
Measles177811431153977132260010071399864
Scarlet Fever143347562145117812692549206934392602
Whooping Cough160016282145157221611565265224712415
Diarrhœa197919133463188422712164231032352061
Fever323236142515196724042209270127152375
Totals10,97414,67112,1398,07610,49310,25310,95613,93511,341
Years185618571858185918601861186218631864
Days364371364364364364364371364
Small Pox52215424711568772153452012537
Measles144514002383130520541070228116982750
Scarlet Fever179515874118419724572358345750/53212
Whooping Cough207825512700174120233497215022292386
Diarrhœa225131452093333513832625173524482861
Fever267422031902179b13921754363628923689
Totals10,76511,04013,44313,53010,18611,51913,60316,35415,435
Years1865118661S6-1868186918701871-—
Days364364364371364364364—-
Small Pox646138813326062732737876--
Measles1302225911251989142514251431--
Scarlet Fever2181188514382921580338031896——
Whooping Cough2921295322512369375637552299--
Diarrhœa3557318429424060340034003894--
Fever3232268121712483241424141746--
Totals13,83914,33011,26214,42817,07016,16319,142-—
*It was not until the year 1869 that the Registrar-General recorded separately under their respective nomenclature, typhus enteric, or typhoid, and simple continued fever, but those diseases were classed under the head, typhus.