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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 December, 1879.
| Sub-districts. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | HoopingCough. | Diarrhœa. | Fever | Cholera & Choleraic Diarrhœa. | Total. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spitalfields | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 25 | |
| Mile End New Town | 0 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel North | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Whitechapel Church | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| Aldgate | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Totals | 0 | 26 | 31 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 97 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1878. | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 42 |
One death from small-pox, of a patient sent from this District occurred in the Small-Pox
Hospital. Seven 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 1, and
from fever 14, thus making the total deaths from epidemic diseases 105.
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 27th December, 1879.
| Sub-districts. | Enumerated Population in 1871. | Births. | Deaths. | Under 1 year of age. | 1, and under 5 years. | Persons aged HO years and upwards. | Violence. | Inquest cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spitalfields | 22499 | 221 | 128 | 36 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 7 |
| Mile End New Town | 15550 | 157 | 183 | 35 | 44 | 41 | 11 | 20 | 74 |
| Whitechapel North | 11597 | 103 | 69 | 21 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Whitechapel Church | 7322 | 69 | 235 | 17 | 31 | 22 | 55 | 56 | 187 |
| Goodman's Fields | 10381 | 65 | 52 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Aldgate | 9224 | 40 | 30 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 76573 | 655 | 697 | 125 | 164 | 98 | 78 | 104 | 238 |