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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 1858
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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Deaths in the London Hospital for the Three Months ending 3rd April, 1858.
Males, 71. Females, 22. Total, 93.
Of this number 77 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 1857. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 62 | 58 |
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 1857. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 39 | 32 |
TABLE X.—Ages at Death in the London Hospital.
| 0 and under 1 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 20 | 2 0 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards | Total. | Corrres-ponding Quarter of 1857. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 43 | 11 | 0 | 92 | 81 |
One case of Croup, one of Ague, one of Fever, and four 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141 | 148 | 44 | 89 | 133 | 108 | 23 | 289 | 686 | ||
Nine cases of Fever died in the Whitechapel Workhouse.
One case of Fever and five of Diarrhoea died in Christchurch Workhouse.
TABLE XII. —I nquests.
| Districts. | No. | Found Dead. | Natural Death. | Burns and Scalds. | Violence. | Poison | Suffocation and Drown ing. | Hanging. | Privation. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Spitalfields | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mile End New Town | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Whitechapel, North | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Whitechapel Church | 35 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Goodman's Fields | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Aldgate | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 0 | — | — | |
| Total | 58 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 |