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Whitechapel 1868

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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TABLE VIII.

Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases in the Whitechapel District during the last 13 years.

Name of Disease.	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1861	1865	1866	1867	1868
Small Pox	31	3	4	60	21	28	33	69	5	22	44	40	11
Measles	12	60	78	31	81	27	153	26	137	28	139	33	69
Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria	45	43	87	96	59	70	91	200	50	80	76	26	48
Hooping Cough	64	89	117	50	49	98	62	52	74	97	94	72	55
Diarrhoea	81	139	108	141	67	101	69	114	109	122	119	100	138
Fever	188	117	104	93	69	65	250	158	170	167	100	82	109
Cholera and Cho leraic Diarrhoea	0	10	144	5	1	4	5	5	2	4	904	9	10
Totals	421	461	502	476	347	393	663	714	547	520	1476	362	440

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TABLE IX.

Showing the cases of Epidemic Diseases among the pauper population in the Whitechapel District during the last 13 years.

Name of Disease.	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868
Small Pox	115	6	20	242	65	86	113	253	21	86	261	254	93
Measles	71	266	427	179	520	70	525	80	482	51	679	155	323
Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria	105	49	146	175	93	109	118	305	156	164	197	60	54
Hooping Cough	98	150	230	146	83	388	153	169	217	280	217	219	144
Diarrhœa	898	1324	946	209	773	1418	1085	1108	1127	1342	1664	1471	1631
Fever	1929	1441	590	40	190	109	822	464	295	573	343	308	586
Cholera and Cho leraic Diarrhœa	0	16	0	1	1	0	1	1	4	4	58	5	8
Totals	2216	3252	1 2359	992	1725	2180	2817	2380	2302	2500	3419	2469	2839