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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 1861

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE IV.—Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending on the 30th March, 1861.

TABLE IV.—Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending on the 30th March, 1861.

Districts.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Hooping-Cough.Diarrhœa.Fever.Total.
M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.MF.
Artillery0000100032000042
Spitalfields25132000051000613
Mile End New Town128321001212331613
Whitechapel North00000000310I0133
Whiteehapel Church0300320030010066
Goodman's Fields0010010012000023
Aldgate0000001021101051
3101068410131334444241
1316121267883
Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 186012129112113188

Table: TABLE V.—Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse.

TABLE V.—Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse.

0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and upwards.Total.Corresponding Quarter of 1860.
Males 62 Females 45
121502023316107115