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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 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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expended about £346,033 in the purchase, formation and improvement of
the two people's parks, commons and open spaces, which cost annually
about £7390 for maintenance. The Board has also paid £20,450 for a part
of Victoria Park, which the Government were about to devote to building
purposes. It is stated that in Paddington there is still time to save nearly
100 acres from the builder. The land is adjacent to Kilburn and Maida
Vale, and is surrounded on all sides by an ever increasing population, which
is practically out of reach of any park or recreation ground.

Table: The following tables, extracted from the Annual Report for London of the Registrar-General, may be useful for reference. The first shows population ; persons to an acre ; annual birth and death rate ; mean temperature and rainfall in 1878 in London and in eight other of the most populous towns and cities in the United Kingdom ; and the second, population, births and deaths in greater London during the year ended 28th December, 1878:

The following tables, extracted from the Annual Report for London of the Registrar-General, may be useful for reference. The first shows population ; persons to an acre ; annual birth and death rate ; mean temperature and rainfall in 1878 in London and in eight other of the most populous towns and cities in the United Kingdom ; and the second, population, births and deaths in greater London during the year ended 28th December, 1878:

Cities & Towns.Estimated population in the middle of the year 1878.Persons to an acre, 1878.Annual rate of mortality per 1000 living in each year.Mean temprture. in 52 wks. ending 28th Dec., 1878.Rain-fall in i tithes in 52 wks. ending' 28th Dec., 1878.
18741875187618771878
London3,577,30447.522.623.722.321.923.549.628.83
Glasgow566,94094.031.128.625 324.824.948.4—
Liverpool532,681102.232.127.527.626.529.448.528.93
Birmingham383,11745.626.926.622.724.225.5——
Manchester360,51484.030 530.029.227.427.9——
Leeds304,94814.128.826.525.122.323.848.530.95
Sheffield289,53714.726.924.924.321.925.048.232.91
Dublin314,66631.326.027.025.828.029.649.428.21

Table: POPULATION :—Births and Deaths in Greater London (The Metropolitan and City Police Districts), during the 52 weeks ending 28th Dec., 1878.

POPULATION :—Births and Deaths in Greater London (The Metropolitan and City Police Districts), during the 52 weeks ending 28th Dec., 1878.

Districts.Estimated Population middle of 1878.Annual rate per 1000 living.Total Births.Total Deaths.Deaths of
Infants under 1 year of age.Persons aged 60 years and upwards.
Births.Deaths.Seven Zymotic Dis.
Greater London4,450,01535.422.33.8156,98898,88225,06720,692
Inner London3,577,30436.223.54.1129,18483,69521,17616,991
Outer Ring872,71132.017.52.627,80415,1873,8913,701

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The seven zymotic diseases are small-pox, measles, scarlet-fever, diphtheria,
hooping-cough, fever and diarrhœa.