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ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT,
Foe the Year ending 29th December, 1866.
To the Board of Works, Whitechapel District.
Gentlemen,
The total mortality in the Whitechapel District during
the Quarter ending on Saturday, the 29th December, was 657, viz., 344
males, and 313 females. In the corresponding Quarter of the previous
year, the deaths were 620. The deaths in the London Hospital have been
119, while in the corresponding quarter of last year the mortality was
107. Of the deaths in this Institution, there were 56 of non-residents, 15
of persons belonging to this District, and 48 of persons who died from the
result of accident and from sudden death.
The deaths from Epidemic diseases have been 172, viz., 9 from Smallpox,
6 from Measles, 18 from Scarlet Fever, 1 from Diphtheria, 16 from
Hooping Cough, 8 from Diarrhoea, 19 from Fever, and 95 from Cholera.
In the corresponding quarter of last year, the deaths from Epidemic
diseases were 124, viz., 15 from Small-pox, 2 from Measles, 21 from
Scarlet Fever, 1 from Diphtheria, 19 from Hooping Cough, 23 from
Diarrhcea, and 43 from Eever.
The deaths from Cholera in the London Hospital have been 15, of
these 10 were of non-residents, and 5 of persons who had resided within the
District. The deaths in the Temporary Cholera Hospital in Commercial
Street have been 51, of which 42 were of non-residents.
The deaths in the Workhouse have been 81, viz., 45 males and 36
females. In the corresponding quarter of the previous year the deaths
were 106. The deaths from Epidemic diseases in the Workhouse have
been 3, of these 2 were from Cholera and one from Fever.
The Medical Officers of the Union have attended 3568 new cases of
illness, including 41 of Small-pox, 45 of Measles, 58 of Scarlet Fever, 11
of Hooping Cough, 261 of Diarrhcea, and 100 of Fever. In the corresponding
quarter of the previous year, the total number of cases attended by the
Medical Officers was 3911; of these .6 were of Small-pox, 90 of Measles,
56 of Scarlet Fever, 58 of Hooping Cough, 119 of Diarrhcea, and 89 of