Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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TABLE VI.
Total number of the undermentioned Diseases, recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union, from 1860 to 1872, and the total cases of illness.
Year. | Small-P ox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Hooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Fever. | Chol. & Choleraic-Diar. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fev. | Carbuncle. | Bronchitis and Catarrh. | Pneumonia & Pleuritis. | Croup. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Delirium Tremens. | Total. Cases. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1860 | 65 | 520 | 93 | 83 | 801 | 100 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 9 | 845 | 141 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 6 | 11392 |
1861 | 86 | 70 | 100 | 388 | 1452 | 109 | ... | 75 | 1 | 9 | 803 | 104 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 13724 |
1862 | 113 | 525 | 118 | 153 | 1106 | 822 | 1 | 56 | ... | 4 | 557 | 135 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 4 | 14270 |
1863 | 253 | 80 | 305 | 169 | 1139 | 464 | 1 | 74 | 1 | 6 | 533 | 134 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 14564 |
1864 | 21 | 482 | 156 | 217 | 1127 | 295 | 1 | 92 | 1 | 6 | 786 | 95 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 14932 |
1865 | 86 | 51 | 164 | 280 | 1342 | 573 | 4 | 97 | 2 | 1 | 745 | 123 | ... | 14 | 12 | 4 | 15594 |
1866 | 261 | 679 | 197 | 217 | 1664 | 343 | 58 | 62 | ... | 7 | 546 | 244 | 7 | 66 | 12 | 13 | 16502 |
1867 | 254 | 155 | 60 | 219 | 1471 | 308 | 5 | 65 | 1 | 5 | 642 | 228 | 5 | 183 | 10 | 10 | 17181 |
1868 | 93 | 323 | 54 | 144 | 1626 | 586 | 8 | 80 | 2 | 5 | 450 | 208 | 3 | 157 | 18 | 10 | 17417 |
1869 | 5 | 212 | 311 | 308 | 1033 | 385 | 1 | 75 | 1 | 6 | 632 | 258 | 1 | 100 | 35 | 11 | 14031 |
1870 | 302 | 257 | 97 | 140 | 1118 | 325 | 4 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 825 | 195 | 0 | 134 | 44 | 5 | 14148 |
1871 | 625 | 178 | 32 | 102 | 600 | 201 | 2 | 56 | 3 | 7 | 1149 | 153 | 3 | 77 | 14 | 10194 | |
1872 | 62 | 76 | 16 | 94 | 290 | 19 | 3 | 51 | 2 | 5 | 511 | 61 | 1 | 71 | 14 | 5 | 4864 |
In the Annual Report for the last year, the following note was appended;—
"On perusing the above Table, it will be seen, that the cases of illness among the pauper
population had been annually increasing from 1860 to 1868, and, on referring to my Reports for
the years 1857 and 1858, I find that the cases of illness, which had been attended by the Medical
Officers of the Union, were 10,708 and 11,718 respectively, while in 1856 there were only 9897.
The great annual increase, as is shown in the above returns, cannot be explained on the supposition
that there has been an increase of the population, for the census returns show that the
population of this District, so far from having increased, is less by two or three thousand than it
was in 1857," A remarkable decrease in the number of sick paupers has occurred this year.
The diminution, as compared with the returns of last year, is 5310, or more than one half.
TABLE VII.
Showing the Births, Deaths, Deaths of Non-residents, Deaths in the London Hospital and in the Workhouse, in each Year, from 1857 to 1872.
Year. | Total Births | Total Deaths. | Deaths of Non-residents exclusive of Deaths from Accident. | Total Deaths in the London Hospital. | Total Deaths in the Workhouse. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1857 (53 weeks) | 2868 | 2350 | 147 | 338 | 272 |
1858 | 2742 | 2444 | 140 | 325 | 269 |
1859 | 2826 | 2321 | 189 | 354 | 239 |
1860 | 2746 | 2302 | 163 | 326 | 282 |
1861 | 2686 | 2331 | 179 | 366 | 287 |
1862 | 2813 | 2551 | 187 | 330 | 369 |
1863 (53 weeks) | 2796 | 2764 | 181 | 418 | 324 |
1864 | 2803 | 2792 | 212 | 453 | 414 |
1865 | 2684 | 2532 | 208 | 416 | 362 |
1866 | 2561 | 3495 | 432 | 733 | 413 |
1867 | 2686 | 2331 | 241 | 445 | 331 |
1868 | 2611 | 2519 | 324 | 536 | 376 |
1869 (53 weeks) | 2571 | 2675 | 283 | 504 | 328 |
1870 | 2690 | 2465 | 374 | 599 | 342 |
1871 | 2571 | 2465 | 339 | 551 | 304 |
1872 | 2705 | 2390 | 375 | 616 | 263 |
The number of inquests which have been held this year in this District has been 322. In the
year 1871 the number was 324.