London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Whitechapel 1877

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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The following Table, compiled from the annual returns of the Registrar* General, shows the deaths in London from small-pox, measles, scarlet-fever,

Years183818391840184118421843184418451846
Days365365365364364364364364364
Small Pox3817634123510533604381804909257
Measles585205611329731293144211822318747
ScarletFever1524269919546631224186730291085928
Hooping Cough208325611069227516031908129218162035
Diarrhœa3932584604657048347058412152
Fever407818191262115011742083169613011851
Totals12480100277112657963588572970882707970
Years184718481849185018511852185318541855
Days371364364364364364371364364
Small Pox9551617518498106611662176761024
Measles177811431153977132260010071399864
Scarlet Fever143347562145117812692549206934392602
Hooping Cough160016282345157221611565265224712415
Diarrhœa197619133463188422712164231032352061
Fever332836142595196724042209270127152375
Totals11070146711221980761049310253109561393511341
Years185618571858185918601861186218631864
Days364371364364364364364371364
Small Pox52215424711568772153452012537
Measles144514002383130520541070228116982750
Scarlet Fever179515874118419724572358345750753212
Hooping Cough207825512700174120233497215022292386
Diarrhœa225131452093333513832625173524482861
Fever267422031902179613921754363528923689
Totals107651104013443135301018611519136031635415435
Years186518661867186818691870187118721873
Days364364364371364364364365371
Small Pox6461388133260627395878761781115
Measles130222591125198914251443143116802195
Scarlet Fever2181188514382921580359981896904652
Hooping Cough292129332251236937551935229932492689
Diarrhœa355731842942406034003776389434903879
Fever323226812174248324142053174613401549
Totals138391433011262144281707016163191421244411079
Years187418751876
Days364364364
Small-pox5675735
Measles165514271741
Scarlet Fever266236512297
Hooping Cough186132322730
Diarrhœa307731983518
Fever175412821176
Totals110651286512197

*It was not until the year 1859 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.