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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 27th December, 1862.
| District. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Hooping-cough. | Diarrhcea. | Fever. | Total. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | Workhouse. |
| Spitalfields | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 22 | |
| MileEndN.Town | 5 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 46 | |
| Whitechapel, N. | 5 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 37 | |
| Whitechapel Ch. | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | Hospital. |
| Goodmn's Fields | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | |
| Aldgate | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 28 | |
| Total | 17 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 15 | 22 | 51 | 169 | |
| Death from Epidemics for the corresponding quarter, 1862. | 8 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 27 | 100 |
TABLE IV.—Showing the Ages at death in the "Workhouse, and in the London Hospital, for the Quarter ending 27th December, 1862.
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males 35 | |||||||||
| Femls. 34 | |||||||||
| Workhouse | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 3 | 69 | 61 |
| L. Hospital | 0 | 9 | 17 | 21 | 30 | 15 | 1 | Males 66 | 89 |
| Femls. 27 | |||||||||
| 93 |