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Whitechapel 1881

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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TABLE 11.

Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases for the Three Months ended

2nd April, 1881.

Sub-districts.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlet FeverDiphtheria.Hooping-Cough.Diarrhoea.Fever.Cholera 4 Choleraie Diarrhea.Total.Remarks.
Spitalfields01410102018
Mile End New Town11020100014Workhouse.
Whitechapel North2610011011
Whitechapel Church2102105011Hospital.
Goodman's Fields001010002
Aldgate020000002
53352418058
Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1880.310732322050

Nine deaths from small-pox, of patients sent from this District, occurred in the
Small-pox Hospital, thus making 14 deaths from small-pox of persons resident in the
District. Two out of the 5 deaths from small-pox occurred in the London Hospital,
and were of non-residents.

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 2nd April, 1881.

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.
Spitalfields224991951061933148154
Mile End New Town15550182188242466736102
Whitechapel North1159710550131511220
Whitechapel Church7322582231511324460174
Goodman's Fields103811074413115240
Aldgate92244727257230
Totals76573694638869913565120280