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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Whitechapel 1877

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: APPENDIX.TABLE I.—Cases of Sickness of the Zymotic and Acute Classes, which are recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union, for the Three Months ending on the 31st March, 1877.

APPENDIX.

TABLE I.—Cases of Sickness of the Zymotic and Acute Classes, which are recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union, for the Three Months ending on the 31st March, 1877.

Names of Medical Officers.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Hooping-Cough.Diarrhœa.Cholera and Choleraic - Diarrhœa.Continued Fever, Typhus & Typhoid.Febricula.Pysemia.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Croup.Acute Pulmonary Inflammation.Carbuncle.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Dysentery.Delirium Tremens.Lead Poisoning.All other Diseases.Total.
Bronchitis and Catarrh.Pleuritis and Pneumonia.
Dr. Swyer17303100200008602000059101
Mr. Champneys750110000100400030001103162
Mr. Sequeira1000020010000012002000073109
Mr. H. Braye349050002000028302000281166
Mr. Loane1000700800001500520006199
Total691709110022010010390142003377637
Corresponding Qr. of previous Year.0140123021252300144260230113475753
Workhouse Mr. J. J. Ilott.49201010051405001862339034116416830

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In addition to the cases attended by Mr. Ilott in the Workhouse, there were 37 cases of syphilis.