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Whitechapel 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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The remaining Table which I annex as a corollary to this branch of the subject, will sufficiently explain itself. It is compiled from Weekly Returns supplied to me by the Managers to the Metropolitan Asylums' Board—and it contains a record of all cases received into their Hospitals from London—including the Whitechapel District—and also those cases striftly belonging to the District:—
| Disease. | Whence Admitted. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | All London | 34 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 63 |
| Whitechapel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Scarlet Fever | All London | 1430 | 1043 | 1087 | 928 | 4488 |
| Whitechapel | 22 | 25 | 28 | 8 | 83 | |
| Enteric Fever | All London | 192 | 101 | 107 | 96 | 496 |
| Whitechapel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Typhus Fever | All.London | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Whitechapel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Diphtheria | All London | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 92 |
| Whitechapel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Doubtful | All London | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| Whitechapel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| OtherDiseases | All London | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| Whitechapel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This year, arrangements have been made by the Asylums'
Board Managers to receive cases of Diphtheria into their
Hospitals. This concession took effect only during the last
quarter of the year, hence the reason for no entries in the other
three quarters under this heading. The question as to whether
cases of Measles, should also be received has been under discussion
—but no decision has been arrived at. It therefore remains for
the Local Government Board to decide.
As I have not received a correct statement of the total
population in these dwellings, I am unable to
Deaths in compile a return giving the accurate death-rate.
Model I append, however, a Table which specifies the
Dwellings. number of deaths in each class of disease. Thus,
it appears that a total of 151 deaths during the