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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The following Table, compiled from the annual returns of the Registrar* General, shows the deaths in London from small-pox, measles, scarlet-fever,
Years | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 | 1845 | 1846 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Days | 365 | 365 | 365 | 364 | 364 | 364 | 364 | 364 | 364 |
Small Pox | 3817 | 634 | 1235 | 1053 | 360 | 438 | 1804 | 909 | 257 |
Measles | 585 | 2056 | 1132 | 973 | 1293 | 1442 | 1182 | 2318 | 747 |
ScarletFever | 1524 | 2699 | 1954 | 663 | 1224 | 1867 | 3029 | 1085 | 928 |
Hooping Cough | 2083 | 2561 | 1069 | 2275 | 1603 | 1908 | 1292 | 1816 | 2035 |
Diarrhœa | 393 | 258 | 460 | 465 | 704 | 834 | 705 | 841 | 2152 |
Fever | 4078 | 1819 | 1262 | 1150 | 1174 | 2083 | 1696 | 1301 | 1851 |
Totals | 12480 | 10027 | 7112 | 6579 | 6358 | 8572 | 9708 | 8270 | 7970 |
Years | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 |
Days | 371 | 364 | 364 | 364 | 364 | 364 | 371 | 364 | 364 |
Small Pox | 955 | 1617 | 518 | 498 | 1066 | 1166 | 217 | 676 | 1024 |
Measles | 1778 | 1143 | 1153 | 977 | 1322 | 600 | 1007 | 1399 | 864 |
Scarlet Fever | 1433 | 4756 | 2145 | 1178 | 1269 | 2549 | 2069 | 3439 | 2602 |
Hooping Cough | 1600 | 1628 | 2345 | 1572 | 2161 | 1565 | 2652 | 2471 | 2415 |
Diarrhœa | 1976 | 1913 | 3463 | 1884 | 2271 | 2164 | 2310 | 3235 | 2061 |
Fever | 3328 | 3614 | 2595 | 1967 | 2404 | 2209 | 2701 | 2715 | 2375 |
Totals | 11070 | 14671 | 12219 | 8076 | 10493 | 10253 | 10956 | 13935 | 11341 |
Years | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 |
Days | 364 | 371 | 364 | 364 | 364 | 364 | 364 | 371 | 364 |
Small Pox | 522 | 154 | 247 | 1156 | 877 | 215 | 345 | 2012 | 537 |
Measles | 1445 | 1400 | 2383 | 1305 | 2054 | 1070 | 2281 | 1698 | 2750 |
Scarlet Fever | 1795 | 1587 | 4118 | 4197 | 2457 | 2358 | 3457 | 5075 | 3212 |
Hooping Cough | 2078 | 2551 | 2700 | 1741 | 2023 | 3497 | 2150 | 2229 | 2386 |
Diarrhœa | 2251 | 3145 | 2093 | 3335 | 1383 | 2625 | 1735 | 2448 | 2861 |
Fever | 2674 | 2203 | 1902 | 1796 | 1392 | 1754 | 3635 | 2892 | 3689 |
Totals | 10765 | 11040 | 13443 | 13530 | 10186 | 11519 | 13603 | 16354 | 15435 |
Years | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 |
Days | 364 | 364 | 364 | 371 | 364 | 364 | 364 | 365 | 371 |
Small Pox | 646 | 1388 | 1332 | 606 | 273 | 958 | 7876 | 1781 | 115 |
Measles | 1302 | 2259 | 1125 | 1989 | 1425 | 1443 | 1431 | 1680 | 2195 |
Scarlet Fever | 2181 | 1885 | 1438 | 2921 | 5803 | 5998 | 1896 | 904 | 652 |
Hooping Cough | 2921 | 2933 | 2251 | 2369 | 3755 | 1935 | 2299 | 3249 | 2689 |
Diarrhœa | 3557 | 3184 | 2942 | 4060 | 3400 | 3776 | 3894 | 3490 | 3879 |
Fever | 3232 | 2681 | 2174 | 2483 | 2414 | 2053 | 1746 | 1340 | 1549 |
Totals | 13839 | 14330 | 11262 | 14428 | 17070 | 16163 | 19142 | 12444 | 11079 |
Years | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | ||||||
Days | 364 | 364 | 364 | ||||||
Small-pox | 56 | 75 | 735 | ||||||
Measles | 1655 | 1427 | 1741 | ||||||
Scarlet Fever | 2662 | 3651 | 2297 | ||||||
Hooping Cough | 1861 | 3232 | 2730 | ||||||
Diarrhœa | 3077 | 3198 | 3518 | ||||||
Fever | 1754 | 1282 | 1176 | ||||||
Totals | 11065 | 12865 | 12197 |
*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.