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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 1868

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: APPENDIX.TABLE I.—Cases of Sickness of the Zymotic a ndAcute classes, which are recorded in the Books ofthe Medical Officers of the Union, for the three months ending on the 28th March, 1868.

APPENDIX.

TABLE I.—Cases of Sickness of the Zymotic a ndAcute classes, which are recorded in the Books ofthe Medical Officers of the Union, for the three months ending on the 28th March, 1868.

Names of Medical Officers,Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Hooping-Cough.Diarrhœa.Continued Fever, Typhus & Typhoid.Cholera.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Croup.Acute Pulmonary Inflammation.Carbuncle.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Dysentery.Delirium Tremens.Lead Poisoning.All other Diseases.Total.
Bronchitis and Catarrh.Pleuritis and Pneumonia.
Dr. Swyer28501836460601403501403009911269
Mr. Champneys317311213303004020102212534684
Dr. Richardson6718282202005570121001654804
Mr. Sequiera5142736980600228014800115201741
Total528873412119901701157520501151436994498
Corresponding Quarter of previous year.77924109160540160128564266351040264902