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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 1882
[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 July, 1882.
| Sub-districts. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhœa. | Fever. | Cholera & Choleraic Diarrhœa. | Total. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spitalfields | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | |
| Mile End New Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel North | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Whitechapel Church | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Aldgate | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Totals | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 37 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1881. | 3 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 62 |
One death from small-pox, of a patient sent from this District, occurred in the
Small-pox Hospital, and that was of a non-resident who was sent from the London
Hospital. No deaths from small-pox of residents occurred in this District. Two
deaths from fever occurred in the Fever Hospital of persons belonging to this District,
thus making a total of 6 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 5 years, and above 60 years; Deaths from Violence, Inquest cases, and Deaths in Workhouse and London Hospital, for the Quarter ended 1st July, 1882.
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spitalfieldas | 22585 | 230 | 82 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| Mile End New Town | 15473 | 168 | 133 | 23 | 8 | 40 | 8 | 22 | 73 |
| Whitechapel North | 10001 | 68 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Whitechapel Church | 7489 | 69 | 202 | 12 | 32 | 19 | 35 | 40 | 179 |
| Goodman's Fields | 9713 | 108 | 33 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Aldgate | 6102 | 53 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 71363 | 696 | 520 | 98 | 79 | 90 | 52 | 82 | 258 |