London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 ended 29th Dec., 1877.

Sub-districts.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Hooping-Cough.j Diarrhœa.Fever.Cholera & Choleraic Diarrhœa.Total.Remarks.
Spitalfields2140270016
Mile End New Town002004006Workhouse.
Whitechapel North010000203
Whitechapel Church1210117013Hospital.
Goodman's Fields031010106
Aldgate030000104
Totals3108041211048
Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1877.834121010038

Three deaths from small-pox of patients belonging to this District occurred in the SmallPox
Hospital at Homerton. No death from fever occurred in the Fever Hospital,
although 10 cases were sent from this District.

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 ended 29th Dec., 1877.

Sub-districts.Enumerated Population in 1871.j Births.Deaths.Under 1 year of age.1, and under 5 years.Persons aged 60 years and upwards.Violence.Inquest cases.Deaths in Public Institutions.
Spitalfields224992059435149281
Mile End New Town1555014613230173651661
Whitechapel North11597114521486120
Whitechapel Church7322622361724364553204
Goodman's Fields10381974511139140
Aldgate92246054141475120
Totals76573684613121901035995266