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Whitechapel 1873
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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ture of the air was 56.3°. In the corresponding quarter of last year the
mean temperature was 61.2°. The hottest days during the quarter were
Tuesday, July 22nd, Wednesday, July 23rd, and Friday, August 8th,
when the thermometer, in the shade, indicated respectively 88.7°, 87.2°, and
87.3°. In the corresponding quarter of the previous year, the highest
reading of the thermometer, in the shade, was on Thursday, July 25th,
when it indicated 90.9°.
The following table, taken from the returns of the Registrar-General, shows the comparative results of the Quarter:—
LONDON.
| July 5 | July 12 | July 19 | July 26 | Aug 2 | Aug 9 | Aug 16 | Aug 23 | Aug 30 | Sept 6 | Sept 13 | Sept 20 | Sept 27 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths from Fever | 24 | 20 | 21 | 37 | 22 | 25 | 30 | 31 | 38 | 27 | 26 | 34 | 39 |
| „ Diarrhœa | 68 | 100 | 205 | 305 | 375 | 470 | 405 | 362 | 277 | 229 | 162 | 127 | 85 |
| „ Cholera | 3 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 3 |
| Mean Tempera-ture of the air | 61.6° | 62.6° | 59.4° | 68.8° | 63.7° | 66.0° | 63.5° | 60.0° | 61.9° | 56.0º | 55.0° | 55.0° | 54.4º |
| Rain-fall in inches | 0.98 | 0.49 | 1.21 | 0.03 | 0.27 | 0.45 | 0.55 | 0.65 | 0.20 | 0.51 | 1.10 | 0.97 | 0.00 |
| Deaths in London | 1198 | 1181 | 1381 | 1C09 | 1508 | 1711 | 1608 | 1546 | 1477 | 1286 | 1319 | 1236 | 1177 |
| Deaths in White-chapel District. | 35 | 48 | 51 | 35 | 61 | 47 | 52 | 38 | 35 | 40 | 36 | 57 | 31 |
| Deaths in ditto from Fever | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Small-Pox.
During this quarter no death from small-pox has occurred in this district,
and not a single case of that disease has been recorded in the books of the
Medical Officers of the Union.
Vaccination.
WHITECHAPEL UNION.—Return of the number of Cases Vaccinated by the Public Vaccinator and the Medical Officer of the Workhouse, together with the number of Births Registered during the same quarters.
| Quarter ending— | PUBLIC VACCINATOR | Workhouse. | Totals. | Births Registd. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Cases. | Re-Vaccination. | Primary Cases. | Re-Vaccination | Primary Cases. | Re-Vacci nation. | ||
| December, 1871 | 134 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 161 | 6 | 653 |
| March, 1872 | 219 | 16 | 43 | 1 | 262 | 17 | 720 |
| June | 289 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 321 | 9 | 684 |
| September | 306 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 332 | 5 | 640 |
| December | 263 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 286 | 1 | 685 |
| March, 1873 | 290 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 313 | 6 | 720 |
| June | 331 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 348 | 2 | 663 |
| September, | 266 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 302 | 0 | 644 |
| Totals | 2098 | 40 | 227 | 0 | 2325 | 46 | 5409 |