Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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Total number of Nuisances removed. of every denomination | Works in progress but not completed. | Number of Nuisances inspected in houses or in other Premises. | Number of Courts visited according to new system. | Number of Nuisances entered in Complaint Book. | Summonses taken out. | Cesspools. | Notices served. | Public Privies in Courts, &c., Cleansed. | ||||
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For defective Drainage, &c. | For other Nuisances. | Destroyed. | Emptied, &c. | Preliminary. | Compulsory. |
Names of Medical Officers. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhœa. | Continued Fever (Typhus and Typhoid.) | Erysipelas. | Carbuncle. | Puerperal Pever. | Acute Pulmonary Inflammations. | Croup. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Dysentery. | All other Diseases. | Total. | Average number of Fever cases per Week. | |
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Bronchitis and Catarrh. | Pneumonia and Pleuritis. | |||||||||||||||||
Mr. Blackwell | 2 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 704 | 1025 | |
Mr. Champneys | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 88 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 423 | 582 | |
Mr. Richardson | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 660 | 794 | |
Mr. Sequiera | 5 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 58 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1238 | 1354 |
Districts. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet-Fever. | Diphtheria. | Hooping-Cough | Diarrhœa | Fever. | Total. | ||||||||
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M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
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 Males 77 Femls. 41 | Corresponding Quarter of 1861. |
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Districts. | 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. | Remarks. |
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Districts. | Births. | Total. | Deaths. | Total. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Excess of Deaths over Births. | Remarks. | ||
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M. | F. | M. | F. |
Causes of Death. | 0 and under 1 | l and under 5 | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 4o | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and above. | Total. | Causes of Death. | 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 above | Total, |
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Total. | Names of Courts or Places. | Number of houses and Rooms, and Number of Inmates when Visited. | Courts or places where Adults of both Sexes were ascertained to be living and sleeping in the same room, and particulars of such indecent occupation. | Remarks. | ||||||
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No. of Houses | No. of Rooms | No. of Inmates |
Total number of Nuisances removed of every denomination | Works in progress but not completed. | Number of Nuisances inspected in houses or in other Premises. | Number of Courts visited according to new system. | Number of Nuisances entered in Complaint Book. | Summonses taken out. | Cesspools. | Notices served. | Public Privies in Courts, &c., Cleansed. | ||||
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For defective Drainage, &c. | For other Nuisances. | Destroyed. | Emptied, &c. | Preliminary. | Compulsory. |
Names of Medical Officers. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Continued F'ever (Typhus and Typhoid.) | Erysipelas. | Carbuncle. | Ague. | Acute Pulmonary Inflammations. | Croup. | Rheumatic Fever. | Delirium Tremens. | Dysentery. | All other Diseases. | Total. | ||
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Bronchitis and Catarrh. | Pneumonia and Pleuritis. |
District. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Hooping-cough | Diarrhœa. | Fever. | Total. | Remarks. |
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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 Males 58 Femls. 62 | Corresponding Quarter of 1861. |
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Districts. | 0 and under 1 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under CO | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards. | Total. | Remarks. |
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Districts. | Births. | Total. | Deaths. | Total. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Excess of Deaths over Births. | Remarks. | ||
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M. | F, | M. | F. |
Total. | Names or Courts or Places. | Numbers of houses and Rooms. and Numuer of Inmates when Visited. | Courts or places where Adults of both Sexes were ascertained to be living and sleeping in the same room, and particulars of such indecent occupation. | Remarks. | ||||||||
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No. of Houses. | No. of Rooms | No. of Inmate* |
Total number of Nuisances removed. of every denomination | Works in progress but not completed. | Number of Nuisances inspected in houses or in other Premises. | Number of Courts visited according to new system. | Number of Nuisances entered in Complaint Book. | Summonses taken out. | Cesspools. | Notices served. | Public Privies in Courts, &c., Cleansed. | ||||
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For defective Drainage, &c. | For other Nuisances. | Destroyed. | Emptied, &c. | Preliminary. | Compulsory. |
Names of Medical Officers. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhœa. | Continued fever (Typhus and Typhoid.) | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Acute Pulmonary Inflammations. | Croup. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Dysentery. | Delirium Tremens. | All other Diseases. | Total. | ||
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Bronchitis and Catarrh. | Pneumonia and Pleuritis. |
District. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Hooping-cough. | Diarrhœa. | Fever. | Total. | Remarks. |
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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 Males 39 Femls. 33 | Corresponding Quarter of 1861. |
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Districts. | 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. | Remaks. |
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Districts. | Births. | Total. | Deaths. | Total. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Excess of Deaths oyer Births. | Remarks. | ||
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M. | F, | M. | F. |
Names of the whole of the Public Vaccinators of the Union. | Vaccination Districts. | Number and Ages of Persons Vaccinated by the Public Vaccinators. | Number of such cases successfully Vaccinated. | Number of Registered Births of all classes during the Year, including the Workhouse and the whole of the Parishes in the Union. | Unsuccessful Cases. | ||||
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Under One Year. | Above One Year. | Total. | Under One Year. | Above One Year. | Total. |
Causes of Death. | 0 and under 1 | I and under 5 | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 4o and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and above. | Total. | Causes of Death. | 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 above | Total. |
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Total number of Nuisances removed of every denomination. | Works in progress but not completed. | Number of Nuisances inspected in houses or in other Premises. | Number of Courts visited according to new system. | Number of Nuisances entered in Complaint Book | Summonses taken out | Cesspools. | Notices served. | Public Privies in Courts, &c., Cleansed. | ||||
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For defective Drainage, &c. | For other Nuisanccs. | Destroyed. | Emptied, &c. | Preliminary. | Compulsory. |
Names of Medical Officers. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Hooping Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Continued Fever, (Typhus and Typhoid.) | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Pyaemia. | Puerperal Fever. | Carbuncle. | AcutePulmouary Inflammations. | Croup. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Dysentery. | Delirium Tremens. | Diphtheria. | Other Diseases. | Total. | Average number of Fever cases per Week. | |
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Bronchitis, and Catarrh. | Pneumonia and Pleuritis. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Mr. Black well | 21 | 29 | 10 | 10 | 55 | 36 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | 90 | 19 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 579 | 861 | |
Mr. Champneys | 12 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 43 | 23 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 514 | 670 | |
Mr. Richardson | 2 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 41 | 33 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 661 | 802 | |
Mr. Sequeira | 28 | 46 | 10 | 21 | 58 | 39 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 25 | 10 | •• | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | •• | 921 | 1173 |
District. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Hooping-cough. | Diarrhcea. | Fever. | Total. | Remarks. |
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0 and under 1 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and undr20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards | Total | Corresponding Quarter of 1861 | |
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Males 35 | |||||||||
Femls. 34 |
Districts. | Births. | Total. | Deaths. | Total. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Excess of Deaths over Births. | Remarks. | ||
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M. | F. | M. | F. |
BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | |||||||||||
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Districts. | April. | July. | October. | December. | Total. | April. | July. | October. | December. | Total. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Excess of Deaths over Births. |
Districts. | 0 and under 1 | 1 and Tinder 5 | 5 and under 20 | 20 and n der 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards. | Total. | Population in 1861. |
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Union Workhouse. | London Hospital. | Military Hospital. |
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Years | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 |
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53 wks. |
Districts. | 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. | Population 1861. | Mortality per cent under 5 |
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1 8 5 6. | 1 8 5 7. | 1 8 5 8. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Districts. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Hooping-cough. | Diarrhoea. | Typhus. | Total. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Hooping-cough. | Diarrhea. | Typhus. | Total. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Hooping-cough. | Diarrhoea. | Typhus. | Total. |
1 8 5 9. | 1 8 6 0. | 18 6 1. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Districts. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Hooping-cough. | Diarrhoea. | Typhus. | Total. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria. | Hooping-cough. | Diarrhoea. | Typhus. | Total. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria, | Hooping-cough. | Diarrhoea. | Typhus. | Total. |
Districts. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria. | Hooping-cough j | Diarrhoea. | Typhus. | Total. |
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Causes of Death. | 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 above. | Total. | Causes of Death. | 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 above. | Total. |
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Names of Proprietors. | Establishments. Where situate. | Dimensions of Cow Houses. | Cows. | ||||
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Length. Feet. | Breadth Feet. | Height. Feet. | Cubic Capacity. | Number. | Cubic Ft. for each. |
Names of Proprietors. | Establishments. Where situate. | Dimensions of Cow Houses. | Cows. | ||||
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Length Feet. | Breadth Feet. | Height Feet. | Cubic Capacity | Number. | Cubic Feet for each. |
District and Sub-District. | Parish or Place. | Name of Institution | Total number in Institution. | Number of Special Inmates as Paupers, Patients, Lunatics, &c. |
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British. | British and Colonial. | Total. |
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Area in Acres. | |||
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Land | Water. |
Superintendent Registrar's District. | Area in Statute Acres. | 1851. | 1861 | Persons. | Males. | Females. | Total Increase+ or decrease.— | ||||||||||
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Sub-District. | Parish or Place. | Inhabited. | Uninhabited | Building. | Inhabited. | Uninhabited. | Building. | 1851 | 1861 | 1851 | 1861 | 1851 | 1861 | Houses 1861 | Population. |
Population. | Registered in the ten years 1851-60. | Excess of Registered Births over Deaths 1851-60. | Decrease of Population in the interval of the Censuses 1851-61. | Density of Population—number of square yards to each person. | |||
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1851 | 1861 | Marriages. | Births. | Deaths. |
18 5 1. | 18 6 1. | Annual Value of Property as per Country Rate, or like basis, Jan., 1862. | Annual Value of Property as per Poor Rate, Nov., 1862. | |||
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Inhabited Houses. | Population. | Inhabited Houses. | Population. |
New Parish or Ecclesiastical District. | Original or Mother Church. | Houses. | Population. | Date of Formation. | ||||
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Inhabited. | Uninhabited. | Building. | Persons. | Males. | Females. |
Sub-Districts. | Area in Statute Acres. | Houses. | Population. | ||||||||||
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18 5 1. | 18 6 1. | Persons. | Males. | Females. | |||||||||
Inhabited | Uninhabited | Building. | Inhabited. | Uninhabited | Building. | 1851 | 1861 | 1851 | 1861 | 1851 | 1861 |