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Whitechapel 1881
[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 1st January, 1881.
| Sub-districts. | Small-Pox. | j Measles. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Hooping- Cough. | Diarrhœa. | Fever. | Cholera & Cholcraic Diarrhœa. | Total. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spitalfields | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mile End New Town | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel North | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Whitechapel Church | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Aldgate | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Totals | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 35 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1879. | 0 | 26 | 31 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 97 |
Four deaths from small-pox, of patients sent from this District, occurred in the
Small-pox Hospital, thus making 5 deaths from small-pox of persons resident in the
District. Three deaths from fever occurred in the Fever Hospital of patients sent
from this District, thus making 8 deaths from fever.
TABLE III.
Quarter ended 1st January, 1881.
| Sub-districts. | Enumerated Population in 1871. | Birth s. | Deaths. | Under 1 year of age. | 1, and under 5 years. | Persons aged 60 years and upwards. | Violence. | Inquest cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spitalfields | 22499 | 164 | 80 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 3 |
| Mile End New Town | 15550 | 178 | 119 | 20 | 16 | 33 | 4 | 16 | 75 |
| Whitechapel North | 11597 | 103 | 41 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Whitechapel Church | 7322 | 64 | 199 | 7 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 33 | 169 |
| Goodman's Fields | 10381 | 74 | 41 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Aldgate | 9224 | 38 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 76573 | 621 | 502 | 79 | 89 | 93 | 44 | 67 | 247 |