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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 XXI—continued.
| Name of Place. | No. of Houses. | Cases of Fever. | Deaths from Zymotic Diseases | Name of Place. | No. of Houses. | Cases of Fever. | Deaths from Zymo| tic Disease |
| Whitechapel. | Aldgate, Tower & St. | ||||||
| Chamber-street | 72 | 4 | 7 | Katharine. | |||
| Chamber-court | 5 | 2 | — | Upper East Smithfield | 38 | — | 4 |
| Bond's-buildings | 5 | — | 1 | Butler's-buildings | 18 | — | 1 |
| Leman row | 13 | 9 | 5 | Alma-place | 12 | — | 2 |
| Rupert-street | 23 | 2 | - | Crown-court | 39 | 4 | 2 |
| Rupert-place | 8 | — | 1 | Cart wright-street | 22 | 3 | — |
| Christopher-court | 6 | 1 | — | Hurn's-buildings | 8 | 14 | 2 |
| Lambeth-street | 70 | 28 | 3 | Farthing-alley | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| White Bear-court | 23 | 14 | 1 | Rose-court | 14 | 4 | — |
| Johnson's-court | 1 | - | 1 | Queen-street | 23 | 5 | — |
| Gower's-walk | 59 | 4 | 3 | Rosemary-lane | 31 | 13 | 6 |
| Jones'-buildings | 30 | 4 | 2 | Darby-street | 13 | 3 | — |
| Back Church-lane | 83 | 3 | 2 | Turner-street | 14 | 2 | — |
| William's-rents | 22 | 4 | 1 | Walton's-court | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| Providence-place | 4 | 2 | - | Providence-place | 12 | 3 | 1 |
| Eveiard's-place | 90 | 1 | - | Cartwright-street | 16 | 4 | 3 |
| Cable-street | 43 | - | 2 | Peter's-court | 37 | 19 | 1 |
| Gower's-place | 16 | 4 | 1 | Wells-yard | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| Gowers'-row | 10 | 8 | 1 | Burr-street | 40 | - | 3 |
| Wells-place | 31 | 9 | 1 | King-street | 29 | 2 | 3 |
| Wells-yard | 3 | 6 | - | Sharpes-buildings | 10 | - | 1 |
| Wagoner's-buildings | 41 | 3 | 4 | George-street | 15 | - | 1 |
| Wells-row | 2 | 1 | - | Little Tower-hill | - | - | 1 |
| Rosemary-lane | 86 | 20 | 4 | ||||
| Baker's Arms-alley | 8 | — | 1 | Holy Trinity, Minories. | |||
| Swallow-gardens | 30 | 13 | 1 | Church-street | 23 | 1 | — |
| Johnson's-change | 19 | 4 | - | Haydon-square | 6 | - | 2 |
| Johnson's Back-change | ?1 | 3 | - | ||||
| White Horse-court | 11 | 6 | 9 | Old Artillery Ground. | |||
| Christopher-court | 13 | 1 | 1 | Artillery-street | 19 | 3 | 2 |
| Blue Anchor-yard | 14 | 9 | 1 | * Duke-street | 33 | 5 | 4 |
| Hairbrain-court | 13 | 5 | 3 | Sandy-row | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Parsons-court | 7 | 2 | 1 | Artillery-passage | 8 | - | 1 |
| Holloway-court | 10 | 6 | 2 | Parliament-court | 3 | — | 1 |
| Rittlebly-court. | 9 | 4 | 2 | Steward-street | 31 | - | 2 |
| Braeey's-buildings | 11 | 6 | 2 | Fort-street | 30 | - | 3 |
| Cooper's-court | 14 | 11 | 1 | Gun-street | 45 | 4 | 4 |
| Rose-court | 8 | 1 | - | ||||
| Slater's-court | 10 | 7 | 1 | Norton Folgate. | |||
| Crown-court | 21 | 14 | 4 | Elder-street | 12 | - | 1 |
| Russell-court | 10 | 9 | - | Plossom-street | 22 | - | - |
| Windmill-court | 13 | 11 | 2 | Regents-court | 5 | - | —. |
| Rachael-court | 11 | 8 | - | Worship-street | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| Swan-court | 9 | 3 | 1 | Wood's-court | 3 | 1 | — |
| Glass-House-street | 61 | 5 | 3 | Moor's gardens | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| Compasses-court | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| New Martin-street | 22 | 2 | - | Spitalfields. | |||
| Providence-caurt | 8 | 2 | - | Chrispin-street | 49 | 1 | 3 |
| Cherubim-court | 6 | 2 | - | Wheeler-street | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| Hayes-court | 7 | - | 1 | Chapel-street | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| Shorter's-rents | 1] | 1 | 2 | Earthing-hill | 3 | 1 | -_ |
| Well-street | 34 | - | 1 | King-street | 17 | 5 | - |
| Wellclose-sqnare | 22 | 1 | 1 | King-court | 17 | 1 | - |
* Several cases of Scarlet Fever occurred in Duke Street.
Where there are two or more places of the same name in the Medical Dristricts, the
locality is marked in Italics. In these places the number of the cases of Fever cannot
he accurately depended upon.