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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 1880

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: APPENDIX.TABLE I.—Cases of Sickness of the Zymotic and Acute Classes, which are recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union,for the Three Months ended on the 3rd April, 1880 (14 weeks.)

APPENDIX.

TABLE I.—Cases of Sickness of the Zymotic and Acute Classes, which are recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union,

for the Three Months ended on the 3rd April, 1880 (14 weeks.)

Names of Medical Officers.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Hooping-Cough.Diarrhoea.Cholera and Choleraic-D iarrhœa.Continued Fever, Typhus & Typhoid.Febricula.Pyaemia.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Croup.Acute Pulmonary Inflammation.Carbuncle.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Dysentery.Delirium Tremens.Lead Poisoning.All other Diseases.Total.
Bronchitis and Catarrh.Pleuritis and Pneumonia.
Dr. Swyer01035001000004326090000176273
Mr. Champneys4001200103009410200000273399
Mr. Sequeira180010014000082109000097213
Mr. H. Braye114100000100582040003125200
Mr. Loane0400101300002910000005190
Totals614459012804003063104200037221175
Corresponding Qr. of previous Year.02610701120400198162231000676957
Workhouse Mr. J. J. Ilott.0100o140090930257201854492568995
In addition to the cases attended by Mr. Ilott in the Workhouse, there were 59 cases of syphilis.