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Whitechapel 1880

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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TABLE II.

Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases for the Three MonthB ended 3rd April, 1880 (14 weeks).

Sub-districts.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Hooping-Cough.Diarrhœa.Fever.Cholera 4 Choleraic Diarrhea.Total.Remarks.
Spitalfields000070007
Mile End New Town3022510013Workhouse.
Whitechapel North0010900010
Whitechapel Church041110209Hospital.
Goodman's Fields051010007
Aldgate012001004
Totals310732322050
Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1879.01322336038
One death from small-pox, of a patient sent from this District, occurred in the Small-Pox Hospital. The total number of deaths from small-pox is therefore 4.

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 3rd April, 1880 (14 weeks.).

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.
Spitalfields224992291283931205134
Mile End New Town15550239234292180523152
Whitechapel North1159713175192511160
Whitechapel Church7322972161423364046171
Goodman's Fields103819888181318150
Aldgate922452511378480
Totals7657384677213212017356101327