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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 1862
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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TABLE III.—Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases for the Three Months ending 28th June, 1862.
| District. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Hooping-cough | Diarrhœa. | Fever. | Total. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | |
| Spitalfields | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 37 | |
| Mile End N. Town | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 64 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, N. | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 21 | |
| Whitechapel Church | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | |
| Aldgate | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | |
| Total | 6 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 84 | 172 | |
| Death from Epidemics for the corresponding quarter, 1861. | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 13 | 74 |
TABLE IV.—Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital.
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workhouse | 9 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 46 | 33 | 2 | 120 | 59 |
| L. Hospital | 1 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 1.9 | 12 | 1 | Males 50 Femls. 19 69 | 86 |