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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 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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T able K.—CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE RECDIVED INTO METROPOLITAN ASYTUMS' BOARD HOSPITALS
DURING 1887.
| Quarter ending April 2nd. | Quarter ending July 2nd. | Quarter ending October 1st. | Quarter ending December 31st. | Total for the year. | Total for preceding year. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From Metropolis, including Whitechapel | From Whitechapel | From Metropolis, including Whitechapel | From Whitechapel. | From Metropolis, including Whitechapel | From Whitechapel. | From Metropolis, including Whitechapel | From Whitechapel. | From Metropolis, including Whitechapel | From Whitechapel. | From Metropolis, including Whitechapel | From Whitechapel. | |
| Small Pox | 10 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 60 | 6 | 128 | 5 |
| Scarlet Fever | 442 | 8 | 610 | 11 | 1880 | 53 | 3000 | 46 | 5932 | 118 | 1661 | 50 |
| Enteric Fever | 65 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 146 | 0 | 218 | 1 | 478 | 4 | 328 | 6 |
| Typhus Fever | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Other Diseases | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 30 | 2 |
| Total | 538 | 10 | 683 | 14 | 2052 | 59 | 3259 | 52 | 6532 | 135 | 2151 | 64 |