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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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 October, 1881.
| Sub-districts. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | HoopingCough. | Diarrhcea. | Fever. | L holers & Choleraic Diarrhoea. | Total. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spitalfields | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 28 | Workhouse. |
| Mile End New Town | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 27 | |
| Whitechapel North | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 17 | |
| Whitechapel Church | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 21 | Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Aldgate | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | |
| Totals | 3 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 126 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1880. | 0 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 70 | 4 | 0 | 98 |
Seven deaths from small-pox, of patients sent from this District, occurred in the
Small-pox Hospital, thus making 10 deaths from small-pox of persons resident in the
District. No deaths from fever occurred in the Fever Hospitals of any patient belonging
to this District.
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 1st October, 1881.
| Sub-districts. | Enumerated Population in 1881. | 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spitalfields | 22586 | 194 | 114 | 41 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 10 |
| Mile End New Town | 15474 | 144 | 140 | 32 | 18 | 38 | 3 | 14 | 80 |
| Whitechapel North | 10001 | 78 | 40 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Whitechapel Church | 7489 | 51 | 211 | 26 | 26 | 20 | 36 | 42 | 174 |
| Goodman's Fields | 9708 | 79 | 57 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Aldgate | 6092 | 40 | 39 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 71350 | 686 | 601 | 150 | 107 | 82 | 51 | 80 | 264 |