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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 1859
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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TABLE V.—Ages of Death in the Union Workhouse.
| 0 and under 1 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 6'' | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards. | Total | Corresponding Quarter of 1858. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males 35 Fem. 27 | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 13 | 28 | 5 | 47 |
Seven deaths from Fever, and one from Small-pox, occurred in the Workhouse.
TABLE VI.—Table showing the Births and Deaths in each District, for the Three Months ending on the 1st Oct., 1859.
| Districts. | Births. | Total. | Deaths. | Total. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Excess of Deaths. over Births. | Remarks. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||||
| Artillery | 24 | 19 | 43 | 12 | 14 | 25 | 17 | — | |
| Spitalfields | 64. | 70 | 134 | 45 | 37 | 52 | — | ||
| Mile End New Town | 74 | 70 | 144 | 83 | 72 | 155 | — | 11 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, N | 49 | 43 | 92 | 48 | 31 | 79 | 13 | — | London Hospital. |
| Whitechapel Church | 30 | 34 | 64 | 58 | 138 | — | 74 | ||
| Goodman's Fields | 52 | 41 | 93 | 38 | 36 | 74 | 19 | — | |
| Aldgate | 51 | 27 | 78 | 40 | 30 | 70 | 8 | — | Mil. Hosp. Tower. |
| Non-residents, 39. | |||||||||
| Totals | 344 | 304 | 648 | 346 | 278 | 624 | 109 | 85 | Excess of Births over deaths, 63. |
TABLE VII.—Vaccination Extension Act.—Whitechapel Union.
| Names of the whole of the Public Vaccinators of the Union. | Vaccination Districts. | Year ended 29th September, 1859. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number and Ages of Persons vaccinated by the public vaccinators | Number of such cases successfully Vaccinated. | No. of Reg. Births, all classes, during; the Year, including; Workh , and whole of parishes in union | Unsuccssful cases. | ||||||
| Under 1 year | Above 1 year | Total. | Under 1 year | Above 1 year | Total. | ||||
| Thomas Seal Blackwell | Christchurch | 187 | 351 | 538 | 185 | 348 | 533 | 526 | 5 |
| James Edmunds | Old Artillery Ground | 154 | 265 | 414 | 147 | 260 | 407 | 230 | 12 |
| Alex. M. Champneys | Mile End New Town | 101 | 332 | 433 | 101 | 332 | 433 | 627 | 0 |
| Edward Richardson | Whitechapel North | lfiO | 577 | 737 | 159 | 572 | 731 | 410 | 6 |
| Charles P. Blackman | Whitechapel Church | 65 | 307 | 373 | 65 | 307 | 372 | 288 | 0 |
| Henry L. Sequiera | Goodman's Fields | 101 | 319 | 420 | 101 | 307 | 408 | 423 | 12 |
| Charles E. Jenkins | 19 | 76 | 95 | 17 | 71 | 88 | 325 | 7 | |
| Totals | 787 | 2227 | 3014 | 775 | 2197 | 2972 | 2829 | 42 | |