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Whitechapel 1881

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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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 Disease185718581859186018611862186318641865186618671868186918701871187218731874187518761877187818791880
Small Pox620242658611325321862612549353026256021019125481037
Measles26642717952070525804825167915532321225717876128593232641111540
Scarlet Fever & Diphtheria49147176931001183051561641976054311973216221611768187121
HoopingCough1502301468338815316921728021721914430S140102948630441524163312
Diarrhœa132494612097731418108511081127134216641471163110331097590283212150101120617691119
Fever1441590411190109822464295573343308586385325201191268424341717139
Cholera&Cho- leraic-Diaha.16011011445858142320001200
Totals325223602364172521712817238023022500341924722839225522221730551578485218226300188333238

In the above Table the years 1863, 1869, and 1873, consist of 53 weeks.