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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 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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Deaths in the London Hospital for the Three Months ending 27th June, 1857.
Males, 73. Females, 30. Total 103.
Of this number 49 were non-residents in the Whitechapel District, and 39 were cases of
violent death.
TABLE VIII.
Ages of Death in the Whitechapel Workhouse.
| 0 and under 1 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards. | Total. | Corresponding Quarter of 1856. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 33 | 51 |
An Inquest was held on one of the above recorded cases.
TABLE IX.
Ages at Death in Christchurch Workhouse.
| 0 and under 1 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards. | Total. | Corresponding Quarter of 1856. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 23 | 44 |
An Inquest was held on one of the above recorded cases.
TABLE X.
Ages at Death in the London Hospital.
| 0 and under 0 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards. | Total. | Corresponding Quarter of 1856. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 33 | 14 | 1 | 103 | 69 |
TABLE XI.
Ages at Death in the Whitechapel District, including those in the above-named Institutions.
| 0 and under 1 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards. | Total under 5 | Grand Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 | 103 | 40 | 73 | 113 | 74 | 8 | 213 | 521 |
Three cases of Fever, 1 of Child-birth, and 1 of Child-bed fever, died in the Whitechapel Workhouse
Three cases of Fever died in Christchurch Workhouse.