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Whitechapel 1881

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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At a Meeting of the Board of Guardians, held on Tuesday, the
2nd July, the Vaccination Returns showed that during the last six
months the births had been 1,200, and of that number 1,087 had been
successfully vaccinated, 93 died, 2 postponed by medical advice, 2
had removed to other districts where the Vaccination Officer had
been apprised, and 25 only were unaccounted for.

Quarterly Return of Small Pox and Fever Cases and Deaths in the Asylum Board Hospitals, to June 30th, 1881.

Men.Women.Children.Total
North District1593458
South „17624*47
105

*Of these 47—
20 were admitted from the LondonHospital (6 being resident, and
14 non-resident) in the Union.
15 Died.
Smith, Alice, aged 2 years,
of 10, Whites-row, c.o.
Leahy, Patrick, aged 12 years,
Do. Catherine, aged 13 years,
of 15, Castle-alley.
Butler, William, aged 38 years,
of 10, Lower Keate-st.
Smith, Fredk. W., aged 20 years,
of 15, Green-st., New-rd.
Padmore, Mary, aged 3 years,
of 21, Grey Eagle-street.
Dowsky, Jane, aged 10 months.
Do. Lazarus, aged 11 years,
of 23. Goulston-street.
Whitehead, Elizabeth, aged 17 yrs.,
of 1, Hobson's-place.
Westropp, Angelina, aged 6 years,
of 85, Pelham-street.
De Woolf, Betsy, aged 5 weeks,
of 11, White's-row, c.c.
Yangoe, Louisa, aged 1J years,
of 168, Hanbury-street.
Keppler, Henry, aged 3 years,
of 20, White's-row, c.o.
Castle, George, aged 21 years,
of 9, Elder-street.
Stephens, Joseph, aged 9 years,
non-resident (Clapton).

FEVER.

Men.Women.Children.Total.
North District0000
South „I11315
•15

*Of these 15—
9 were admitted from the London Hospital, 1 resident, 8 non-resident.
The remaining 6 cases were all from one house, No. 18, Oxford Street.
1 Died.—Knight, Elizabeth Ada, aged 9 years (non-resident), from West Ham.
With reference to No. 18, Oxford Street, in which six cases of
fever have occurred, as recorded in the above Table, I directed the
attention of Mr. Battram, the Sanitary Inspector, thereto, and he
informs me that the patients were all removed to the Hospital, where
one subsequently died. The bedding was removed and disinfected,
the rooms were fumigated with sulphur, the old paper stripped from
the walls, and the walls and ceilings cleansed.