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Whitechapel 1879

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Table: TABLE VII.Showing the cases of Epidemic Diseases among the pauper population in the Whitechapel District during the last 24 years.

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TABLE VII.

Showing the cases of Epidemic Diseases among the pauper population in the Whitechapel District during the last 24 years.

Name of Disease	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879
Small Pox	115	6	20	242	65	86	113	253	21	86	261	254	93	5	302	625	60	2	1	0	19	125	48	10
Measles	71	266	427	179	520	70	525	80	482	51	679	155	323	212	257	178	76	128	59	32	32	64	11	115
Scarlet Fever & Diphtheria	105	49	147	176	93	100	118	305	156	164	197	60	54	311	97	32	16	22	161	17	6	8	18	71
Hooping Cough	98	150	230	146	83	388	153	169	217	280	217	219	144	308	140	102	94	861	30	44	15	24	16	33
Diarrhœa	898	1324	946	1209	773	1418	1085	1108	1127	1342	1664	1471	1631	1033	1097	590	283	212	150	101	120	61	76	91
Fever	1929	1441	590	411	190	109	822	464	295	573	343	308	586	385	325	201	19	126	84	24	34	17	17	13
CholeraiCho-leraic-Diaha.	0	16	0	1	1	0	1	1	4	4	58	5	8	1	4	2	3	2	0	0	0	1	2	0
Totals	3216	3252	2360	2364	1725	2171	2817	2380	2302	2500	3419	2472	2839	2255	2222	1730	551	578	485	218	226	300	188	333

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* In the above Table the years 1863, 1869, and 1873, consist of 53 weeks.
The annual rate of mortality in the 14 weeks ending 3rd January, 1880, was 24.9 per 1000.

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Whitechapel 1879

Table: TABLE VII.Showing the cases of Epidemic Diseases among the pauper population in the Whitechapel District during the last 24 years.

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