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Whitechapel 1861

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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TABLE II—Cases of Sickness of the Zymotic and Acute Classes, which are recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union, for

the Three Months ending the 28th December, 1861

Names of Medical OfficersSmall-PoxMeaslesScarlatinaHooping CoughDiarrhoeaContinued Fever (Typhus andTy-phoid)CholeraErysipelasPysemiaPuerperal FeverCarbuncleAcutePulmonary InflammationsCroupRheumatic FeverAgueDysenteryDelirium TremensDiphtheriaOther DiseasesTotalAverage number of Fever cases per Week
Bronchitis and CatarrhPneumonia and Pleuritis
Mr Blackwell..294506..7....11309....1....667887
Mr Champneys4..4143527..7......3111..........498632
Mr Richardson5..5254616..5....13141..1....708839
Mr Sequeira9211284823..4......4010....3....9561131
Total184297117962..23....2232302521..282934895
Total for the year ending Dec28, 186186701003881418109..75119803104951834210508137242
„ year 186065520938377319015219845141374128685261139236
,, ,, 18592421791751462094111731116091394..147730184691170177
„ „ 185820427146230946590..702161411210361665391750711718113
„ „ 1857626649150132414411645..21917271669..95328..623110708277
„ „185611571105988981929..........................62849897371