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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: The following Table exhibits the weekly progress in London of the existing epidemic of small-pox, and is continued from page 7 of my Report for the Quarter ended 1st July, 1882.

The following Table exhibits the weekly progress in London of the existing epidemic of small-pox, and is continued from page 7 of my Report for the Quarter ended 1st July, 1882.

1882. Week endingDeaths.Number of Patients in the Asylum Hospitals.
July 86214
154204
„ 224193
„ 292159
Aug. 51138
„ 124123
„ 195111
261114
June 27101
„ 9991
„ 16384
„ 23079
„ 30780
Total Deaths in London..53

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Mortuary.
In the following Memorandum on Mortuaries issued by the
Local Government Board, dated 25th July, 1882, entitled Bye Laws
for the use of Sanitary Authorities, it is suggested:
lst. That in the choice of a site and structure, care should be
taken to ensure that the buildings to be erected thereon shall, as far
as practicable, be isolated and unobtrusive. It may, indeed, be
desirable to place the buildings on the site in such a position and
manner as to admit of their being concealed from public view until
the entrance gate to the premises has been passed.
The Buildings should be substantial structures of brick or stone.
In their external appearance attention should be paid to such architectural
features as may serve to convey the impression of due
respect for the dead.