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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 II.—Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases for the Three Months ending 28th March, 1868.
| Districts. | Small-Pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Hooping-Cough | Diarrhœa | Fever | Cholera and Choleraic Diarrhœa. | Total | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Spitaliields | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Mile End N. Twn. | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 23 | W ork house | |
| Whitechapel, N. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Whitechapel Ch. | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Hsptl | |
| Goodman's Fields | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |
| Aldgatc | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 8 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 89 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding quarter, 1867. | 3 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 63 |
Five Cases of Pyæmia occurred in the Whitechapel Church sub-District,
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| l and under 1 | 1 and under5 | 5 and undr20 | 20 and Under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under80 | 80 and upwards | Total | Corresponding Quarter of 1867. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 58 | |||||||||
| Femls | 47 | |||||||||
| Workhouse | IS | 4 | 1 | 22 | 32 | 21 | 7 | 105 | 101 | |
| L. Hospital | 4 | 12 | 18 | 45 | 53 | 17 | 1 | Males | 105 | 98 |
| Femls | 45 | |||||||||
| 150 | ||||||||||