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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 1864
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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TABLE II.— Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases for the Three Months ending 2nd April, 1864.
| District. | Small-Pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Hooping-Cough | Diarrhoea | Fever | Total | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Spitalftelds | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | |
| Mile End N. Twn. | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | 6 | 3 | 20 | 36 | Workhouse |
| Whitechapel, N | 0 | 11 | 2 | — | 8 | 1 | 5 | 27 | |
| Whitechapel Ch | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | Hospital |
| Goodman's Fields | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | |
| Aldgate | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | |
| Total | 4 | 25 | 5 | — | 19 | 4 | 44 | 101 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding quarter, 1863. | 31 | 19 | 62 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 39 | 183 |
TABLE III.— Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital, for the Quarter ending 2nd April, 1864.
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workhouse | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 36 | 45 | 3 | 115 | 101 |
| L. Hospital | 2 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 49 | 13 | 1 | Males 80 Femls37 117 | 100 |