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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 II.
Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases for the Three Months ending 31st March, 1877.
| Districts. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet F ever. | Diphtheria. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhœa. | Fever. | Cholera & Choleraic Diarrhœa. | Total. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spitalfieldas | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Mile End New Town | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel North | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | |
| Whitechapel Church | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aldgate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Totals | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 62 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1876. | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 59 |
Twelve deaths from small-pox of patients belonging to this District occurred in the Small
Pox Hospital at Homerton.
TABLE III.
Showing Sub-districts, Enumerated Population, Total Births, and Deaths from all causes— Deaths under 1 year of age, 1 and under 5 years, and above 60 years; Deaths from Violence, Inquest cases, and Deaths in Workhouse and London Hospital, for the Quarter ending 31st March, 1877.
| Sub-districts. | Enumerated Population in 1871. | Births. | Deaths. | Under 1 year of age. | 1 and under 5 years. | Persons aged 60 ye?rs and upwards. | Violence. | Inquest cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spitalfields | 22499 | 214 | 121 | 35 | 34 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
| Mile End New Town | 15550 | 198 | 172 | 25 | 25 | 49 | 6 | 19 | 98 |
| Whitechapel North | 11597 | 108 | 56 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Whitechapel Church | 7322 | 73 | 217 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 42 | 47 | 180 |
| Goodman's Fields | 10381 | 106 | 45 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Aldgate | 9224 | 68 | 50 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 76573 | 767 | 662 | 115 | 99 | 101 | 60 | 94 | 281 |