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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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 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diarrhæa and Dysentery. | Fever. | Small-pox. | From all causes. | From Smallpox. | From all causes. | |||
Jan. 7 | 12 | 24 | 20 | 1858 | 0 | 41 | 0.60 | 43.9 |
„ 14 | 13 | 31 | 21 | 1737 | 0 | 63 | 0.58 | 43.9 |
„ 21 | 11 | 20 | 20 | 1700 | 1 | 60 | 0.00 | 36.2 |
„ 28 | 23 | 19 | 24 | 1971 | 0 | 48 | 0.00 | 34.2 |
Feb. 4 | 15 | 26 | 13 | 2023 | 0 | 55 | 0.17 | 36.7 |
,, 11 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 2632 | 0 | 59 | 0.00 | 38.1 |
„ 18 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 2188 | 0 | 58 | 0.53 | 45.5 |
„ 25 | 14 | 28 | 8 | 1941 | 0 | 41 | 0.05 | 44.3 |
March 4 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 1790 | 0 | 47 | 0.79 | 44.3 |
„ 11 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 1793 | 0 | 50 | 0.14 | 48.1 |
„ 18 | 13 | 27 | 8 | 1691 | 0 | 51 | 0.01 | 47.6 |
25 | 19 | 37 | 13 | 1827 | 0 | 48 | 0.59 | 44.6 |
April 1 | 9 | 28 | 9 | 1655 | 0 | 45 | 0.17 | 46.6 |
VACCINATION.
WHITECHAPEL UNION.—Return of the number of Cases Vaccinated by the Public Vaccinator and the Medical Officer of the Workhouse, together with the number of 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. | ||
June, 1880 | 533 | — | 25 | — | — | 676 | |
September | 387 | 6 | 15 | — | 402 | 6 | 590 |
December | 335 | 1 | 35 | — | 370 | 1 | 621 |
March, 1881 | 428 | 84 | 41 | 2 | 469 | 86 | 694 |
J une | 682 | 250 | 49 | 150 | 631 | 400 | 674 |
September | 371 | 34 | 34 | 420 | 405 | 454 | 586 |
December | 394 | 4 | 25 | 179 | 419 | 183 | 578 |
March, 1882 | 360 | 17 | 31 | 146 | 391 | 163 | 644 |
Totals | 3390 | 396 | 255 | 897 | 3645 | 1293 | 5063 |