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Whitechapel 1858
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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' TABLE V.—Table showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending on the 3rd April, 1858.
| Districts. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Hooping Cough | Diarrhoea | Typhus. | Total. | Grand Total. | Grand Total. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | 1858 | 1856 | |
| *Artillery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| †Spitalfields | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 13 |
| ‡Mile End New Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 17 |
| Whitechapel, North | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 16 |
| Whitechapel Church | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 15 |
| Goodman's Fields | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 7 |
| Aldgate | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 13 . | 19 | 51 | 57 | 108 | 117 | |
| 1 | 17 | 7 | 37 | 14 | 32 | 108 | ||||||||||
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter of last year. | 1 | 20 | 12 | 34 | 8 | 42 | 117 | |||||||||
* In the Artillery District, a death of a Male Child, 3 years old, from Diptheria, is recorded.
† In the Spitalfields District, a death of a-Female, from Childbed-Fever, is recorded.
‡ In the Mile End New Town District, a death of a Male Child, 2 years old, from Diptheria, is recorded ; also a case of Childbed Fever.
TABLE VI.—Table showing the number of Births in each Week in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending on the 3rd April, 1858,*
| Districts. | WEEKS ENDING. | Total Males 407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | February. | March. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | Total Females 337 | |
| Artillery | 52 | 1 | 0 | 9, | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9. | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Gramd Total 744 |
| Spitalfields | 135 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 3 | |
| Mile End New Town | 133 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | |
| Whitechapel, North | 148 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | Total Births for the corresponding Quarter of last year717 Increase of Births 27 |
| Whitechapel,Church | 87 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9. | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9, | |
| Goodman's | 99 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9, | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 9. | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Aldgate | 90 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | |
| Totals | 744 | 22 | 23 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 16 | 27 | 31 | 40 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 35 | 16 | 26 | 20 | 38 | 26 | 30 | 35 | 33 | 28 | 40 | 28 | |
| TABLE VI.—Table showing the number of Births in each Week in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending on the 3rd April, 1858,* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Districts. | WEEKS ENDING. | Total Males 407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| January | February. | March. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | Total Females 337 | |
| Artillery | 52 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Gramd Total 744 | |||
| Spitalfields | 135 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Mile End New Town | 133 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | |
| Whitechapel, North | 148 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | Total Births for the corresponding Quarter of last year717 Increase of Births 27 |
| Whitechapel,Church | 87 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Goodman's | 99 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Aldgate | 90 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | |
| Totals | 744 | 22 | 23 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 16 | 27 | 31 | 40 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 35 | 16 | 26 | 20 | 38 | 26 | 30 | 35 | 33 | 28 | 40 | 28 | |
* All the Births which occur in this District are not Registered. The Parents frequently neglect the duty of Registering the Birth of their Child, being
under the impression that Baptism is all that is required; and it sometimes happens that the religious service of Baptism is neglected, when the civil duty of
Registration has been performed, and vice versa. The fee required for the Registration of a birth after six weeks has elapsed, deters poor people from performing
this necessary duty.