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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 26th Sept., 1868.
| Districts. | Small-Pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | HoopingCough | Diarrhoea | Fever | Cholera and Choleraic- Diarrhoea. | Total | Bemarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 41 | 1 | 14 | Work house |
| Spitalfields | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 32 | |
| Nile End N. Twn. | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 42 | |
| Whitechapel, N | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 23 | |
| Whitechapel Ch | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 21 | Hsptl |
| Goodman's Fields | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 25 | |
| Aldgate | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 20 | |
| Totals | 2 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 101 | 29 | 8 | 177 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding quarter, 1867. | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 77 | 22 | 9 | 138 |
Two deaths occurred from Pyaemia in the Whitechapel Church sub-District.
TABLE III. - Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital, for the Quarter ending 26th Sept., 1868.
| 0 and under 1 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards | Total | Corresponding Quarter of 1867. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males 36 | |||||||||
| Females 34 | |||||||||
| Workhouse | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 70 | 71 |
| L. Hospital | 0 | 15 | 17 | 51 | 38 | 15 | 1 | Males 96 | 117 |
| Femls 41 | |||||||||
| 137 |