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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 29th June, 1867.
| District. | Small-Fox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Hooping-Cough | Diarrhœa | Fever | Total | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Workhouse |
| Spitalfields | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | |
| Mile End N. Twn. | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 21 | |
| Whitechapel, N | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | |
| Whitechapel Ch | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Hospital |
| Goodman's Fields | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Aldgate | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |
| Total | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 76 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding quarter, 1866. | 12 | 71 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 27 | 165 |
TABLE III.—Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital, for the Quarter ending 29th June, 1867.
| 0 and under l | 1 and under5 | 5 and undr20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards | Total Males 50 Femls 40 | Corres-ponding Quarter of 1866. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workhouse | 10 | 8 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 80 | 89 |
| L. Hospital | 0 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 39 | 9 | 0 | Males 78 Femls 26 104 | 98 |