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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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TABLE II.
Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases for the Three Months ended 27th September, 1879.
| Sub-districts. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Fever. | Cholera & Choleraic Diarrhœa. | Total. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spitalfields | 0 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 30 | |
| Mile End New Town | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 31 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel North | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Whitechapel Church | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Aldgate | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Totals | 1 | 12 | 30 | 3 | 17 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 114 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1878. | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 104 |
Five deaths from small-pox, of patients sent from this District, occurred in the Small-Pox
Hospital. Four deaths from fever occurred in the Fever Hospital, among the patients
sent from this District. The total number of deaths from small-pox is therefore 6, and
from fever 9, thus making the total deaths from epidemic diseases 123.
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, aud above 60 years ; Deaths from Violence, Inquest cases, and Deaths in Workhouse aud London Hospital, for the Quarter ended 27th September, 1879.
| Sub-districts. | Enumerated Population in 1871. | 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spitalfields | 22499 | 184 | 125 | 34 | 41 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 5 |
| Mile End New Town | 15550 | 183 | 130 | 36 | 26 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 58 |
| Whitechapel North | 11597 | 98 | 51 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Whitechapel Church | 7322 | 68 | 149 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 123 |
| Goodman's Fields | 10381 | 80 | 43 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Aldgate | 9224 | 45 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 76573 | 658 | 532 | 120 | 117 | 80 | 45 | 68 | 191 |