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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 IV.
Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases, for the Three Months ending 28th Sept., 1872.
| Districts. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Fever. | Cholera & Choleraic Diarrœa. | Total. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 17 | ||
| Mile End New Town | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 34 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, North | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 16 | |
| Whitechapel Church | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Aldgate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 13 | |
| Totals | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 78 | 5 | 5 | 114 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1871. | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 99 | 7 | 3 | 142 |
The deaths from Pyæmia were 6, from Erysipelas 6, from Croup 9, from Rheumatism
1, from Carbuncle 1, and from Remittent Fever 1. Two deaths from Fever occurred in
the Fever Hospitals, thus making the mortality from Fever in this district 7.
TABLE V.
Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital for the Quarter ending 2Sth Sept., 1872.
| 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 Males, 41 Females, 23 | Corresponding Quarter of 1871. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workhouse | 7 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 64 | 55 |
| London Hospital | 3 | 13 | 20 | 59 | 54 | 17 | 2 | Males, 121 Females, 47 | 127 |
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