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Whitechapel 1858

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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TABLEin.—Cases of Sickness of the Zymotic and acute classes, which were recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union for the Three

Months that ended on the 3rd July, 185S.

Districts.Names of Medical Officers.Small Box.Measles.Scarlatina.Hooping | CoughDiarrhoea.Typhus or continued Fever.Cholera.Erysipelas.Pyaemia.Puerperal Fever.Carbuncle.Bronchitis and Catarrh.Pneumonia and Pleuritis.Croup.DiptheriaRheumatic Fever.Ague.Dysentery.Delirium Tremens.Other Diseases.Total.Average number of Fever cases per Week.
SpitalfieldsMr. Blackwell03616614313012001269000020560824
Mile End New TownMr. Champneys010612127440500023000050378592
WhitechapelMr. Richardson110113937040001310001000241502
Goodman's fieldsMr. Sequeira218141113056050012770331350649944
Totals37447324931200260021861903413120182828629

TABLE IV.—Table showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending on the 2nd October, 1858.

Districts.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Hooping CoughDiarrhoeaTyphus.Total.Grand Total.Grand Total.
M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.18581857
Artillery00101200222064108
Spitalfields00662500650314193318
Mile End New Town001033277145418284636
Whitechapel, North00114314781014163031
Whitechapel ChurchGoodman's Fields003000012131831118
001011225400971632
Aldgate001120213510971624
00148131471532391287884162167
02227227120162
Deaths from Epidemics forthe corresponding Quarter of Iast year.216131310221167

Two deaths from Puerperal Fever occurred in the Whitechapel Church District, one in the Spitalfields, and one in the Mile End New Town District
One death from Diptheria occurred in the Artillery District, one in the Spitalfields, and one in the Goodman's Fields District.