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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 28th September, 1867
| Districts | Small-Pox | Measles | Scarlet-Fever | Diphtheria | Hooping- Cough | Diarrhoea | Fever | Cholera and Choleraic Diarrhœa | Total | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | Workhouse. |
| Spitalfields | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 43 | |
| Mile End New Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 30 | |
| Whitechapel, North | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 24 | |
| Whitechapel Church | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 30 | Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 16 | |
| Aldgate | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 17 | |
| Total | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 77 | 22 | 9 | 138 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1866. | 8 | 49 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 98 | 25 | 809 | 1026 |
Population in 1861, 78,970
TABLE III—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 23th September, 1867 .
| Districts. | Births. | Total. | Deaths. | Total. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Excess of Deaths over Births . | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | Workhouse | |||||
| Artillery | 30 | 20 | 50 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 22 | 0 | |
| Spitalfields | 57 | 43 | 100 | 44 | 25 | 69 | 31 | 0 | |
| Mile End N Town | 65 | 69 | 134 | 77 | 62 | 139 | 0 | 5 | |
| Whitechapel, N | 57 | 60 | 117 | 40 | 28 | 68 | 49 | 0 | London Hospital |
| WhitechplChurch | 41 | 45 | 86 | 110 | 65 | 175 | 0 | 89 | |
| Goodman's Fields | 44 | 47 | 91 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 49 | 0 | 63 Non-residents died in the London Hospital |
| Aldgate | 27 | 25 | 52 | 28 | 21 | 49 | 3 | 0 | |
| Totals | 321 | 309 | 630 | 338 | 232 | 570 | 154 | 94 | Excess of Births over Deaths, deducting the 63 non-residents, 123 |