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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 27th June, 1868.
| Districts. | Small-Pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Hooping-Cough | Diarrhœa | Fever | Cholera. | Total | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Spitalfields | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | |
| Mile End N.Twn. | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 83 | Work house | |
| Whitechapel, N. | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |
| Whitechapel ch. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | o | 4 | 0 | 11 | Hsptl | |
| Goodman's Fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Aldgate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Totals | 0 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 90 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding quarter, 1867. | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 70 |
There were 9 deaths from Pyæmia in the London Hospital,
TABLE III.—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 27th June. 1868.
| Districts. | Births. | Total. | Deaths. | Total. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Excess of Deaths over Births. | Remarks. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||||
| Artillery | 30 | 18 | 48 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 21 | 0 | |
| Spitalfields | 67 | 48 | 115 | 40 | 38 | 84 | 37 | 0 | |
| Mile End N. Town. | 103 | 97 | 200 | 93 | 72 | 180 | 35 | 0 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, N. | 41 | 65 | 106 | 34 | 34 | 61 | 38 | 0 | |
| Whitechapel. Church | 35 | 40 | 75 | 97 | 56 | 187 | 0 | 78 | London Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 44 | 41 | 85 | 27 | 23 | 58 | 35 | 0 | |
| Aldgate | 27 | 30 | 57 | 39 | 15 | 51 | 13 | 0 | 80 non-residents died in L.Hos. |
| Totalsi | 347 | 339 | 686 | 333 | 252 | 585 | 179 | 78 | Excess of deaths over births, deducting the 80 non-residents, 181 |
Population in 1861, 78,970,