[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel] page 6

Whitechapel 1877

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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of 405° of frost. The warmest winter quarter of recent years was that
of 1872, when the thermometer fell below the freezing point of water
on but twelve days, showing an aggregate of only 35° of frost. The deathrate
in this warm quarter was, however, equal to 23.5 per 1000, and
exceeded by 1.2 the rate which prevailed last quarter." In Mr. Glaisher's
thermometrical observations, published in 1848, the greatest degree of cold
during one day occurred on the 20th January, 1838, when the thermometer
indicated 10.7°, or 21.3° below the freezing point. This was the coldest
day in any year from 1814 to 1856.
The following table, taken from the returns of the Registrar-General,
shows the comparative results of the Quarter:—

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LONDON.

	Jan.	Jan.	Jan.	Jan.	Feb.	Feb.	Feb.	Feb	Mar.	Mar.	Mar.	Mar.	Mar.
	6	13	20	27	3	10	17	24	3	10	17	24	31
Deaths from Diarr-hœa	18	16	18	11	18	11	16	14	22	10	10	11	7
Deaths from Fever	22	22	18	21	20	20	18	17	16	25	21	25	14
Deaths from Small Fox	116	100	79	86	103	90	72	104	84	96	100	76	86
Mean Temperature of the air	46.8°	41.5°	45.5°	39.0°	43.0°	46.3°	46.4°	40.4°	39.1°	36.9°	41.7°	37.7°	46.4°
Rain - fall in inches	1.34	1.96	0.39	0.40	0.42	0.06	0.78	0.68	0.31	0.47	0.07	0.56	0.91
Deaths in London	1507	1358	1491	1425	1528	1504,	1462	1495	1529	1782	1800	1802	2052
Deaths in White-chapel District.	72	38	41	46	50	41	43	49	41	54	51	62	73
Deathsin do. from Small Pox	2	1	2	0	2	0	¹	2	0	2	2	0	2

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VACCINATION.

Table: WHITECHAPEL UNION.—Return of the number of Cases Vaccinated by the Public Vaccinator and the Medical Officer of the "Workhouse, together with the number of Births Registered during the same quarters.

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WHITECHAPEL UNION.—Return of the number of Cases Vaccinated by the Public Vaccinator and the Medical Officer of the "Workhouse, together with the number of Births Registered during the same quarters.

Quarter ending	PUBLIC VACCINATOR		Workhouse		Totals.		Births Registerd.
Quarter ending	Primary Cases.	Re-Vaccination .	Primary Cases.	Re-Vaccination	Primary Cases.	Re-Vaccination.	Births Registerd.
June, 1875	376	0	26	0	402	0	673
September,	350	1	35	0	385	1	650
December	178	2	23	0	201	2	655
March, 1876	236	0	25	0	261	0	722
June	369	0	36	0	405	0	684
September	354	0	40	0	394	0	644.
December	347	201	41	0	388	201	714
March, 1877	408	500	37	27	445	527	757
Totals	2618	704	263	27	2881	731	5499

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Table: WHITECHAPEL UNION.—Return of the number of Cases Vaccinated by the Public Vaccinator and the Medical Officer of the "Workhouse, together with the number of Births Registered during the same quarters.