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Whitechapel 1877
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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hospital, under the supervision of the Metropolitan Sick Asylum Boards; the
Vestries and District Boards paying such sums for admission, &c., as shall be
agreed upon between the several bodies, and reimbursing themselves by
charging the same to the patients."
Extracted from the Minutes.
GEORGE BUZZARD, Vestry Clerk.
The above recommendation does not involve the necessity of the
formation of an additional Board for the government of the Metropolis.
Fever Cases.
Four cases of fever and 4 of small-pox have occurred in the Registered
Common Lodging Houses.
The Inspectors inform me that copies of all the handbills and posting
bills, relating to infectious and contagious diseases, which have been
largely distributed about the District, have been left at each of the Schools
and Registered Common Lodging Houses.
Return of fever cases received into the Infirmary for the six months
ending Saturday, 30th March, 1877—
TABLE showing the Localities from which the Patients were received into the Infirmary of the Workhouse, and other particulars relating to them.
| Class and description of Fever. | Previous Residence. | Date of admission into Infirmary. | Date of admission into Fever Hospital. | Length of time in the Infirmary before appearance of Fever. | Whether or not Patients had Fever on admission. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet | Hall's Coffee House, Brushfield Street | Oct. 3 | Oct. 4 | 1 day | No |
| Enteric | Found in the street by | Oct. 30 | Nov.6 | 5 days | No |
| Enteric | Found by Police, no abode | Jan. 6 | Jan.11 | 5 days | No |
| Typhus | 187, Brick Lane | Feb. 12 | Feb. 13 | 1 day | Slightly |
| Typhus | 187, Brick Lane | „ 14 | „ 15 | 1 day | Slightly |
| Enteric | 16, George St., Spitalfields | „ 22 | „ 24 | 2 days | No |
| Enteric | Sailors' Home. Well St. | „ 17 | 26 | 9 days | No |
| Enteric | 1, Dorset Street | ,, 28 | Mar. 2 | 2 days | No |
| Typhus | 32, Flower & Dean Street | Mar.12 | „ 13 | 1 day | Slightly |
| Typhus | Casual Ward | „ 22 | „ 23 | 1 day | Slightly |
The following Table, compiled from the annual returns of the Registrar*
General, shows the deaths in London from small-pox, measles, scarlet-fever,