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Whitechapel 1873

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE IV.Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases, for the Three Months ending 27th Sept., 1873.

TABLE IV.

Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases, for the Three Months ending 27th Sept., 1873.

Districts.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Hooping-Cough.Diarrhoea.Fever.Cholera & Cuoleraic Diarrhea.Total.Remarks.
Artillery0020281013
Spitalfields00200191224
Mile End New Town00122223131Workhouse.
Whitechapel, North01001100012
Whitechapel Church01000104116Hospital.
Goodman's Fields00112121017
Aldgate0100363215
Totals03631087136128
Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1872.0620187855114

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The deaths from Pjeemia were 5, from Erysipelas 3, from Croup 6, from Rheumatism 3, from
Ague 1, from Carbuncle l,and from Puerperal Fever 1. Five deaths from Fever of persons
belonging to this District occurred in the Fever Hospitals, and 3 of non-residents in the
London Hospital.
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Table: Table V.Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital, for the Quarter ending 27th Sept., 1873.

Table V.

Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital, for the Quarter ending 27th Sept., 1873.

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, 32 Females, 22Corresponding Quarter of 1872.
Workhouse6437141645464
London Hospital19175639211Males, 96 Females, 48168
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