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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 1865
[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 1st July, 1865.
| Districts. | Small-Pox. | Measels. | ScarletFever. | Diphtheria. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhœa. | Fever. | Total. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Spitalfields | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | o | 9 | 6 | 19 | 35 | Workhouse | |
| Whitechapel, North | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |
| Whitechapel Church | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| Aldgate | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 26 | 36 | 99 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1864 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 43 | 132 |
TABLE III.—Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital, for the Quarter ending 1st July, 1865.
| 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, 42 Females, 37 | Corresponding Quarter of 1864. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workhouse | 11 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 79 | 118 |
| London Hospital | 2 | 5 | 25 | 29 | 25 | 12 | I | Males, 67 | 97 |
| Females, 32 | |||||||||
| 99 |