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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 30th June, 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 30th June, 1877.

Names of Medical Officers.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Hooping-Cough.Diarrhœa.Cholera and Choleraic - D iarrhœa.Continued Fever, Typhus & Typhoid.Febricula.Pyæmia.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. Swyer5900101700008801000070110
Mr. Champneys910210010100432021000136199
Mr. Sequeira30014011000001000400013872
Mr. H. Braye98080002000115001000456104
Mr. Loane1101000601001400200005884
Total271901260226020190100101005358569
Corresponding Qr. of previous Year.052222091901005212090122349487
Workhouse Mr. J. J. Ilott.62011602190700140275625296488797

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In addition to the cases attended by Mr. Ilott in the Workhouse, there were 19 cases of syphilis.