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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 2nd January, 1858. Males, 60. Females, 27. Total, 87.
Of this number 59 were non-residents in the Whitechapel District, and 19 were cases of violent death, in which the residences were not given.
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 13 weeks | Total for the 35wks ending Jan. 2nd, 1858. | Deaths from Zymotic Diseases for 1857. 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 2 | i | 9 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 45 | 35 | 1G5 | |
| Deaths in the London Hospital For the Three Months ending 2nd January, 1858. Males, 60. Females, 27. Total, 87. Of this number 59 were non-residents in the Whitechapel District, and 19 were cases of violent death, in which the residences were not given. 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 13 weeks | Total for the 35wks ending Jan. 2nd, 1858. | Deaths from Zymotic Diseases for 1857.26 |
| 9 | 2 | i | 9 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 45 | 35 | 1G5 | |
Inquests were held on two of the above recorded cases. Six cases of Fever and one of Diarrhoea died in the Whitechapel Workhouse.
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. 13 weeks | Total for the53wks ending Jan. 2nd, 1858. | Deaths from Zymotic Diseases, for 1857. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 24 | 107 | 20 |
An Inquest was held on one of the above recorded cases. Five cases of Fever died 11
Christchurch Workhouse.
TABLE X.—Ages at Death in the London Hospital.
| 0 and under 1 | 1 ar.d under 5 | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40: | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards | Total. | Corrresponding Quarter of 1856. 13 weeks | Total for the 53 weeks ending Jan 2nd, 1858 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 3 | 11 | 37 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 87 | 68 | 338 |
Four cases of Fever and one Dysentery 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. | Total for the 53 wks. ending Jan 2nd, 1858. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | 118 | 42 | 117 | 100 | 87 | 19 | 244 | 609 | 2350 |
TABLE X[L—Inquests.
| Districts. | No. | Found Dead. | Natural Death. | Burns* and Scalds. | Violence. | Poisonf | Suffocation and Drown ing. t | Hanging. | Starvation. | Total Inquests for the year ending 2nd Jan. 1858. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Spitalfields | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 10 | ||
| Mile End New Town | 3 | 2 | 1 | 23 | ||||||
| Whiteehapel, North | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | ||||||
| Whiteehapel Church | 35 | — | 2 | 6 | 24 | 3 | — | — | 143 | |
| Goodman's Fields | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 13 | |
| Aldgate | 4 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 25 |
| Total | 53 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 227 |
* The six cases of Burns and Scalds are all from the Clothes catching fire. One was a
female, aged 83.
f In not one of these cases is the particular poison mentioned by the local registrar.
t Accidently drowned by fall from a ship.