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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 26th September, 1857.
Males, 50. Females, 17, Total, 67.
Of this number 63 were non-residents in the Whitechapel District.
TABLE VIII.— Ages at 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 34 |
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 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 28 | 26 |
Inquests were held on two of the above recorded cases.
TABLE X.— Ages at Death in the London Hospital.
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 17 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 67 | 77 |
One case of Choleraic Diarrhoea, two of Diarrhoea, one of Scarlet Fever, and two of Erysipelas,
died in the London Hospital.
TABLE XI.
Ages at Death in the Whitechapel District, including those in the above-named Institution
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 170 | 134 | 34 | 58 | 84 | 55 | 16 | 304 | 551 |
Three cases of Fever, died in the Whitechapel Workhouse.
Four cases of Fever and one of Diarrhoea died in Christchurch Workhouse.
TABLE XII.— Inquests.
| Districts. | No. | Found Dead. | Natural Death. | Burns and Scalds. | Violence. | Poison | Suffocation and Drown ing. | Hanging. | Starvation. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Spitalfields | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mile End New Town | 6 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Whitechapel, North | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whitechapel Church | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21 | - | 3 | - | - |
| Goodman's Fields | 1 | — | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Aldgate | 12 | 6 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Total | 47 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 25 | - | 5 | — | - |