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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 1867
[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 30th March, 1867.
| District. | Small-Pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Hooping-Cough | Diarrhoea | Fever | Total | Eemarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Spitalfields | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | |
| Mile End N. Twn. | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | Workhouse |
| Whitechapel, N | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | |
| Whitechapel Ch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Hospital |
| Goodman's Fields | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Aldgate | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 16 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 63 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding quarter, 1866. | 15 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 29 | 113 |
There were six deaths in the Fever Hospital, of persons who were sent by the Guardians
to that Institution, and three deaths from Small Pox of those sent to the Small Pox
Hospital. The total number of deaths therefore from Fever, has been fourteen;
and of Small Pox nineteen. The deaths in the Fever Hospital of persons
belonging to this district, in the quarter ending 30th June, 1866,
were ten, and in the Small Pox Hospital three. In the quarter
ending 30th December, the deaths in the Fever Hospital
were six. In the Small Pox Hospital there was
only one death.
TABLE III.—Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital, for the Quarter ending 30th March, 1867.
| 0 and under 1 | 1 and under5 | 5 and under20 | 20 and under40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards | Total Males 52 Femls 49 | Corresponding Quarter of 1866. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workhouse | 6 | 3 | 18 | 25 | 37 | 4 | 119 | ||
| L. Hospital | 1 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 1 | Males 63 Femls 35 98 | 123 |