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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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TABLE XXL
Showing the Name of the Locality, the Number of the Houses in such Locality, the Cases of Fever attended by the Medical Officers of the Union, and the Deaths from Zymotic Diseases, for the year ending 26th December, 1857.
| Name of Place. | No. of Houses. | Cases of Fever- | Deaths from Zymotic Diseases | Name of Place. | No. of Houses. | Cases of Fever. | Deaths from Zymotic Diseases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitechapel. | |||||||
| Brick-lane | 21 | 2 | — | 31 | 8 | 1 | |
| Chicksand-street | 311 | 5 | - | North-street | 46 | 4 | 1 |
| Little Halifax-street | 15 | 4 | - | Wellington-street | 13 | l | 1 |
| Little John-street | 15 | — | 1 | Bath-place | 29 | — | 2 |
| John-street | 20 | 1 | 2 | Pratt's-alley | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| Ely-plaee | 15 | 6 | — | Fuller'-rents | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Luntley-place | 17 | 2 | — | Nelson's-alley | 9 | — | 1 |
| Osborn-court | 4 | 1 | - | Hope-place | 18 | 1 | — |
| Hanover-court | 4 | 1 | - | Harrison's-buildings | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| Finch-street | 56 | 1 | - | Devonshire-place | 11 | 3 | — |
| Frostic-court | 6 | 1 | - | Wood's-buildings | 14 | 1 | — |
| Princes-place | 10 | 1 | 1 | Court-street | 20 | 6 | — |
| Princes-street | 27 | 9 | 3 | Parsey's-gardens | 3 | — | 1 |
| John's-place | 10 | 1 | - | Raven-street | 41 | 1 | 1 |
| Old Montague-street | 3] | 7 | 3 | Lower Oxford-street | 22 | 2 | — |
| Black Lion-yard | 19 | — | 3 | East Mount-terrace | 17 | — | 1 |
| Easington's-buildings | 18 | 3 | 1 | Cotton-street | 24 | — | 3 |
| Green Dragon-vard | 26 | 3 | 1 | Mount-terrace | 7 | — | 1 |
| Osborn-street | 33 | 1 | 1 | Mount-street | 34 | — | 1 |
| Wentworth-street | 48 | 6 | 1 | Green-street | 15 | — | 3 |
| * Angel-alley | 15 | 9 | 2 | New-road | 32 | — | 2 |
| George-yard | 27 | 8 | 2 | Oxford-street | 26 | 1 | 3 |
| Garden-court | 4 | 1 | - | Charlotte-street | 76 | 1 | 1 |
| New-court | 27 | 4 | 4 | Charlotte-court | 56 | 9 | — |
| Crown-ct., Wentworth-st | 11 | 5 | - | Queen's Head-Court | 4 | 1 | — |
| Ann's-place | 5 | 2 | - | Vine-court | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| Old Castle-street | 16 | 4 | 1 | †ongue-yard | 11 | 2 | |
| New Castle place | 40 | 6 | 1 | Little Tongue-yard | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Goulston-court| | - | 9 | - | Church-lane | 08 | — | 2 |
| Goulston-street | 92 | 12 | - | Drum-yard | 8 | 1 | — |
| Goulston-alley | Plough-square | 3 | 1 | — | |||
| Three Tun-ally | - | 1 | 1 | Barleymow-court | 8 | 9 | 1 |
| Marlborough-court | 8 | 11 | - | Mansell-street | 64 | — | 5 |
| Petticoat-lane | 39 | 2 | - | Swan-court | 6 | — | 2 |
| 21 | — | 1 | Swan-street | 11 | 2 | 1 | |
| Littel Love-court | 5 | 14 | 1 | Goodman's-yard | 21 | 3 | 4 |
| Love-court | 38 | 1 | 1 | Sugar Loaf-court | 9 | — | 1 |
| Hebrew-place | 12 | - | 1 | Grigg's-court | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| Boars Head-yard | 6 | - | Enoch's-court | b | 1 | 2 | |
| High-street | 141 | - | 1 | Little Prescott-street | 12 | 1 | 3 |
| Castle-alley | 30 | 8 | 2 | Mason's-place | 4 | — | 1 |
| New Castle-street | 44 | 4 | 1 | Great Prescott-street | 80 | — | 1 |
| Kent and Essex-yard | 3 | - | 1 | St. Mark's-street | 28 | — | 4 |
| Tewksbury-buildings | 14 | — | 1 | Scarborough-street | 40 | — | 4 |
| Inkhorn-court | 7 | 2 | 1 | Newnham-street | 27 | — | 1 |
| Road-side | 238 | — | 3 | Tenter-street North | 14 | — | 1 |
| 14 | 9 | 4 | Tenter-street South | 21 | — | 2 | |
| St. Mary-street | 8 | 1 | 1 | Great Alie-street | 4 V | — | 3 |
| Moss'-buildings | 17 | 10 | 1 | Half Moon-passage | 12 | 4 | — |
| Baker's-row | 29 | 2 | 1 | Dunean-street | 12 | — | 1 |
| White's-row. | 16 | 1 | 1 | Leman-street | 131 | — | 2 |
| Thomas-street | 48 | 14 | — | Buckle-street | 21 | 14 | 2 |
| Cross-street | 2 | 1 | — | Plough-court and Street | 26 | 8 | 1 |
| Buck's-row | 13 | 1 | 1 | Colchester-street | 35 | 19 | 5 |
| Queen Ann-street | 60 | 33 | 4 | Little Alie-street | 28 | 1 | — |
| Elizabeth-place | 8 | 6 | 1 | Goodman's-style | 7 | - | 1 |
* Several of the cases of Fever occurred at Nos. 5 and 3.
†Four cases of Malignant Scarlet Fever occurred in this Court.