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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 31st December, 1881.
| Sub-diutricts. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet F ever | Diphtheria. | HoopingCough. | Diarrhœa. | Fever. | Cholera & Choleraic Diarrhœa. | Total. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spital fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Workhouse. | |||
| Mile End New Town | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Whitechapel North | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |
| White chapel Church | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Hospital. | |||||
| Goodman's Fields | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Aldgate | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 4 | |||||
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1880. | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 35 |
Three deaths from small-pox, of patients sent from this District, occurred in the
Small-pox Hospital, thus making 6 deaths from small-pox of persons resident in the
District. Five deaths from fever occurred in the Fever Hospitals of patients belonging
to this District, thus making a total of 16 deaths from fever.
TABLE III.
Showing Sub-districts, Enumerated Population, Total Births, and Deaths from all causes-Deaths under 1 year of age, 1 and under o years, and above 60 years; Deaths from Violence, Inquest cases, and Deaths in Workhouse and London Hospital, for the Quarter ended 31st December, 1881.
| Sub-districts. | Enumerated Population in 1881. | Births. | Deaths. | Under 1 year of age. | 1, and under 5 years. | Persona aged 60 years and upwards. | Violence. | Inquest cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Spitalfields | Uarevised 22586 | 171 | 105 | 36 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 6 |
| Mile End New Town | 15474 | 172 | 166 | 38 | 23 | 46 | 3 | 16 | 80 |
| Whitechapel North | 10001 | 79 | 48 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Whitechapel Church | 7489 | 59 | 194 | 15 | 23 | 24 | 35 | 35 | 166 |
| Goodman's Fields | 9708 | 92 | 37 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Aldgate | 6092 | 39 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 71350* | 612 | 578 | 126 | 91 | 96 | 47 | 78 | 252 |
* The last corrected return of the census is 71,301 or 49 less than in the utivevised return.