Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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The results of all the meteorological observations are to be
understood as applying to the civil day, or from midnight to midnight.
The deaths from diphtheria in London during the Quarter were
243; only 5 of which are recorded as having occurred in the "Whitechapel
District.
Table of Weekly Mortality, &c., in London and in the Whitechapel District.
Week ended | Deaths in London. | Deaths in Wchpl. District | Rainfall. Inches. | Mean Temperature of the air. Degrees | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diarrhoea. | Fever. | Small-pox. | From all causes. | From Smallpox. | From all causes. | |||
Oct. 8 | 38 | 50 | 13 | 1362 | 0 | 0.69 | 47.1 | |
„ 15 | 36 | 1460 | 0 | 42 | 0.51 | 49.0 | ||
67 | 14 | 1586 | 1 | 45 | 0.52 | 43.7 | ||
„ 29 | 19 | 54 | 24 | 1588 | 0 | 46 | 0.98 | 43.5 |
Nov. 5 | 13 | 1 645 | 0 | 37 | 0.19 | 43.1 | ||
13 | 39 | 27 | 1636 | 0 | 46 | 0.25 | 51.6 | |
„ 19 | 44 | 13 | 1434 | 0 | 38 | 0.18 | 49.0 | |
„ 26 | 50 | 20 | 1600 | 0 | 36 | 1.07 | 49.5 | |
Deo. 3 | 16 | 35 | 1460 | 0 | 42 | 44.6 | ||
„ 10 | 13 | 33 | 1521 | 0 | 43 | 0.91 | 40.4 | |
„ 17 | 9 | 42 | 25 | 1636 | 1 | 45 | 0.71 | 38.8 |
„ 24 | 36 | 23 | 1655 | 0 | 43 | 0.69 | 36.8 | |
31 | 32 | 2079 | 1 | 54 | 41.4 |
VACCINATION.
WHITECHAPEL UNION.—Return of the number of Caaes Vaccinated by the Public Vaccinator and the Medical Officer of the Workhouse, together with the number ol Births Registered during the same quarters.
Quarter ended— | PUBLIC VACCINATOR | Workhouse. | Totals. | Births Registd. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary Cases. | Re-Vaccination . | Primary Cases. | Re-Vaccination | Primary Cases.* | Re-Vaccination. | ||
March, 1880 | 380 | 2 | 31 | — | 411 | 2 | 846 |
June | 633 | — | 25 | — | 658 | — | 676 |
September | 387 | 6 | 15 | — | 402 | 6 | 590 |
December | 335 | 1 | 35 | — | 370 | 1 | 621 |
March, 1881 | 428 | 84 | 41 | 2 | 469 | 86 | 694 |
June | 682 | 250 | 49 | 150 | 631 | 400 | 674 |
September | 371 | 34 | 34 | 420 | 405 | 454 | 586 |
December | 394 | 4 | 25 | 179 | 419 | 183 | 578 |
Totals | 3410 | 381 | 255 | 751 | 3665 | 1132 | 5265 |