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Whitechapel 1867

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE VI.—Total number of the undermentioned Diseases, r«corded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union, from I860 to 1867.

TABLE VI.—Total number of the undermentioned Diseases, r«corded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union, from I860 to 1867.

Year.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Hooping Cough.Diarrhœa and Dysentery.Fever.Cholera and Choleraic-Diarrhoea.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Carbuncle.Bronchitis and Cattarrh.Pneumonia and Pleuritis.Croup.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Delirium Tremens.Total.
1860655209383801190152198451413741611392
1861867010038 81452109175198031049518213724
18621135251181531106822150...455713591624414270
186325380305109113946417416533134122011814564
1864214821562171127295192167869561413114932
18658651164280134257349721745123...1412415591
186626167919721716643435862...7546244766121316502
1867254155602191471308565156422285183101017181

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On perusing the above Table, it will be seen, that the cases of illness among the
pauper population has been annually increasing since 1860, and on referring to my
Reports for the years 1857 and 1858, I find that the cases of illness, which were attended
by the Medical Officers of the Union, were 10,708 and 11,718 respectively, while in
1856 they were only 9897. The great annual increase as is shown in the above returns
cannot be explained on the supposition that there has been an increase of the population,
for the census returns show that the population of this district, so far from having increased,
is less by two or three thousand than it was in 1857.

Table: TABLE VII.—Showing the Births, Deaths, Deaths of Non-residents, Deaths in the London Hospital and in the Workhouse, in each Year, from 1857 to 1867.

TABLE VII.—Showing the Births, Deaths, Deaths of Non-residents, Deaths in the London Hospital and in the Workhouse, in each Year, from 1857 to 1867.

Year.Total Births.Total Deaths.Deaths of Non-Residents.Total Deaths in the London Hospital.Total Deaths in the Workhouse.
1857 (53 weeks)28682350147338272
185827422444140325269
185928262321189354239
186027462302163326282
186126862331179366287
186228132551187330369
1863 (53 weeks)27962764181418324
186428032792212453414
186526842532208416362
186625013495432,733413
186726862331241445331

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The Deaths of persons resident in this district which occurred in the London Hospital
in 1867 were, exclusive of those from accident, 59.