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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 July, 18-58.
Males, 46. Females, 22, Total, 68.
Of this number 58 were non-residents in the Whiteehapel District.
TABLE VIII.—Ages at Death in the Whiteehapel Workhouse.
| 0 and under 1 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 aud under 80 | 80 and upwards. | Total. | Corresponding Quarter of 1857. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 33 |
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 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 32 | 23 |
TABLE X.—Ages at Death in the London Hospital.
| 0 and under 1 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 aud under 80 | 80 and upwards | Total. | Corrres-ponding Quarter of 1857. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 68 | 103 |
TABLE XI.
Ages at Death in the Whiteehapel District, including those in the ahove-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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 135 | 130 | 42 | 66 | 77 | 74 | 14 | 265 | 538 |
| TABLE XI. Ages at Death in the Whiteehapel District, including those in the ahove-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. |
| 135 | 130 | 42 | 66 | 77 | 74 | 14 | 265 | 538 |
Nine cases of Fever died in the Whiteehapel Workhouses.
TABLE XH.—Inquests.
| Districts. | No. | Found Dead. | Natural Death. | Burns and Scalds. | Violence. | Poison | Suffocation and Drown ing. | Hanging. | Privation. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | ... |
| Spitalfields | 6 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | ... |
| Mile End New Town | 9 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Whiteehapel, North. | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Whiteehapel Church | 29 | 3 | — | 9 | 17 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Goodman's Fields | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Aldgate | 5 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | |
| Total | 56 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — |