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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Name of Court or Place and Parish. | Number of Houses therein. | State of Pavement. | State of Privies. | Condition of Dust Bins. | Nature of Water Supply and condition of the Water Receptacles | General Remarks. |
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Names of Medical Officers. | Small-Pox. | Measels. | Scarlatina. | Hooping Cough. | Diarrhœa. | Continued Fever, (Typhus and Typhoid). | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Pyæmia. | Puerperal Fever. | Carbuncle. | Acute Pulmonary Inflammations. | Croup. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Dysentery. | Delirium Tremens. | Diphtheria. | Other Diseases. | Total. | Average number of Fever Cases per Week. | |
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Bronchitis & Catarrh. | Pneumonia & Pleuritis. |
Districts. | Small-Pox. | Measels. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Hooping-cough | Diarrhoea. | 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, 52 Females, 29 | Corresponding Quarter of 1862. |
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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. |
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 under 5. | 5 and under 20. | 20 and under 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 53 wks. | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 53 wks. |
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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. | Population in 1861. | Mortality percent. under 5. |
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1856. | 1857 (53 weeks). | 1858. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Districts. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Hooping-cough. | Diarrhœa. | Typhus. | Total. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Hooping-cough. | Diarrhœa. | Typhus. | Total. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Hooping-cough. | Diarrhœa. | Typhus. | Total. |
1859. | 1860. | 1861. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Districts. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Hooping-cough. | Diarrhœa. | Typhus. | Total. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria. | Hooping-cough. | Diarrhœa. | Typhus. | Total. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria. | Hooping-cough. | Diarrhoea. | Typhus. | Total. |
1862. | (1863 53 weeks.) | |||||||||||||
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Districts. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria. | Hooping-cough. | Diarrhœa. | Typhus. | Total. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria. | Hooping-cough. | Diarrhœa. | Typhus. | 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. | 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 Medical Officers, | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Hooping- Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Continued Fever, Typhus & Typhoid. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Pyaemia. | Puerperal Fever. | Carbuncle. | Acute Pulmonary Inflammation. | Croup. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Dysentery. | Delirium Tremens. | Diphtheria. | All other Diseases. | Total. | |
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Bronchitis and Catarrh. | Pleuritis and Pneumonia. |
District. | Small-Pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Hooping-Cough | Diarrhoea | Fever | Total | Remarks. |
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0 and underl | 1 and under5 | 5 and undr20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards | Total Males 64 Femls51 | Corresponding Quarter of 1863. |
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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 oyer Deaths. | Excess of Deaths over Births. | Remarks. |
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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. | o 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 Medical Officers. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Continued Fever, Typhus & Typhoid. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Carbuncle. | Acute Pulmonary Inflammation. | Croup. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague, | Dysentery. | Delirium Tremens. | Diphtheria. | All other Diseases. | Total. | Average number of Fever Cases per Week. | |
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Bronchitis and Catarrh. | Pleuritis and Pneumonia. |
District. | Small-Pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Hooping-Cough | Diarrhoea | Fever | Total | Remarks. |
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0 and under l | 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 62 Femls56 | Corresponding Quarter of 1863. |
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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 upw.irds | 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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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 Medical Officers, | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Continued Fever, Typhus & Typhoid. | Carbuncle. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Croup. | Acute Pulmonary Inflammation. | Cholera. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Dysentery. | Delirium Tremens. | Diphtheria. | I All other Diseases. | Total. | Average number of Fever Cases per Week. | |
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Bronchitis and Catarrh. | Pleuritis and Pneumonia. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mr. Allinson | 0 | 37 | 22 | 3 | 178 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 796 | 1209 | |
Mr. Champneys | 0 | 69 | 9 | 4 | 123 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 424 | 686 | |
Mr. Kichardson | 1 | 66 | 23 | 18 | 119 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 762 | 1031 | |
Mr. Sequiera | 0 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 179 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 916 | 1164 |
District. | Small-Pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Hooping-Cough | Diarrhoea | Fever | Total | Remarks. |
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0 and under 1 | 1 and onder 5 | 5 and undr 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards | Total Males 42 Femls 48 | Corres-ponding Quarter of 1863. |
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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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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 Rgistered Births of all classes during the year, including the Workhouse and the whole of the Parishes in the Union. | ||||
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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 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under80 | 80 and above | Total. | Causes of Death. | 0 and under 1 | 1 and under5 | 5 and under 20 | 20and under 40 | 40and under 60 | 60and under 80 | 80 and above. | Total. |
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Names of Medical Officers | Small-Pox | Measles | Scarlatina | Hooping -Cough | Diarrhoea | Continued Fever, Typhus & Typhoid | Carbuncle | Erysipelas | Puerperal Fever | Croup | Acute Pulmonary Inflammation | Cholera | Rheumatic Fever | Ague | Dysentery | Delirium Tremens | Diphtheria | All other Diseases | Total | Average number of Fever Cases per Week | |
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Bronchitis and Catarrh | Pleuritis and Pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mr Allinson | 4 | 27 | 24 | 11 | 46 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 137 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 985 | 1295 | |
Mr Champneys | 0 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 428 | 564 | |
Mr Richardson | 1 | 15 | 14 | 25 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 799 | 910 | |
Mr Sequiera | 1 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 40 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 994 | 1142 |
Districts | SmallPox | Measels | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Hooping Cough | Diarrhoea | 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, 50 Females, 41 | Corresponding Quarter of 1863 |
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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 oyer Deaths. | Excess of Deaths over Births. | Remarks. |
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Year. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Hooping-Cough | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Fever. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever | Carbuncle. | Bronchitis and Cattarrh. | Pneumonia and Pleuritis. | Croup. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Delirium Tremens. | Total. |
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BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | ||||||||
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Districts. | M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Excess of Deaths over Births. | Remarks. |
Year. | Total Births. | Total Deaths. | Deaths of Non Residents. | Total Deaths in the London Hospital. | Total Deaths in the Workhouse. |
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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 | Population in 1861 |
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1859. | 1857 (53 weeks). | 1858. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Districts. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Typhus. | Total. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Hooping-cough. | Diarrhoea. | Typhus. | Total. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Typhus. | Total. |
1859. | 1860. | 1861. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Districts. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhœa. | Typhus. | Total. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever and Diptheria. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhœa. | Typhus. | Total. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhœa. | Typhus. | Total. |
1862 | 1863 (53 tfeeks). | 1864. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Districts. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhœa. | Typhus. | Total. | Small-Pox.* | Measles. | Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhœa. | Typhus. | Total. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhœa. | Typhus. | 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 | 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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