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Whitechapel 1879
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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The Committee of the London Hospital have kindly forwarded
to me the following return of Medical Cases admitted into the Hospital,
for the Quarter ended 29th March, 1879.
WHITECHAPEL DISTRICT.
(Including Spitalfields, Mile End New Town, the Tower, Mint, &c.)
| OCCUPATIONS. MALES. | Total No. of cases. | Fatal cases- | General Diseases, Class I. | General Diseases, Class II. | Arthritic Diseases. | Diseases of Nervous System. | Diseases of Vascular System. | Diseases of Respiratory System- | Diseases of Digestive System- | Diseases of Urinary System. | Diseases of Generative Organs- | Zymotic Diseases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laborer, in-door—Heavy work | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | |||||||
| „ „ Light „ | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | |||||
| ,, out-door, Heavy „ | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | — | ||||||
| „ Light ,, | 3 | l | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | l | |||||
| Seamen | 4 | 3 | l | 1 | l | 1 | — | |||||
| Poisonous or injurious | 1 | 1 | — | |||||||||
| Professional | 1 | 1 | — | |||||||||
| Clerks | _ | |||||||||||
| Children | 2 | l | 1 | — | ||||||||
| Total No. of cases | 35 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 3 | — | l | |
| Fatal cases | 6 | 2 | l | 3 | — | |||||||
| FEMALES. | ||||||||||||
| Domestic | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | l |
| In-door Trades | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | l | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Out-door „ | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Poisonous or injurious | ||||||||||||
| Professional | ||||||||||||
| No occupation | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total No. of cases | 35 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| Fatal cases | l | 1 |
" General Diseases, Class I.," embraces measles, scarlet fever, typhus fever, enteric
fever, cerebro-spinal meningitis, pyaemia, ague, erysipelas, puerperal fever, acute tuberculosis,
pyrexia (from undetermined causes.)
"General Diseases, Class II.," embraces purpura, scurvy, scrofula, rickets, anaemia,
cancer, fever, syphilis, diabetes, general dropsy, &c.
FRANCIS WARNER, M.D.,
Medical Registrar.