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REPORT
OF THE •
MEDICAL OFFICE OF HEALTH,
for the
Quarter ending 30th Decr., 1871.
To the Board of "Works, Whitechapel District.
Gentlemen,
In the Quarter that ended on Saturday, December 30, 1871,
the births registered in the Whitechapel District were 653; viz., 331 males
and 322 females. During the same period the deaths have been 669: of
these, 360 have been of males and 309 of females. In the corresponding
Quarter of the previous year, the births were 670 and the deaths 655.
There has been, therefore, a decrease of 17 in the number of births, and an
increase of 14 in the number of deaths.
The deaths in the London Hospital have been 154; viz., 95 males and
59 females. Of the total deaths in this institution there were 14 of persons
resident within the District, 95 of non-residents, and 45 of persons who
died either suddenly or from the result of accident. The total mortality
of this District is increased by the deaths of residents within the District
which have occurred in other hospitals in the Metropolis; but of those I
have no complete record. There were 2 deaths from epidemic diseases in
the London Hospital during this Quarter, viz., 1 from measles and 1 from
typhus fever. One death occurred in this institution from puerperal fever.
The deaths in the Workhouse have been 79; viz., 47 males and 32
females. No death from epidemic disease occurred in this establishment.
The deaths from epidemic diseases in the entire District have been 80;
viz., 23 from small-pox, 12 from measles, 10 from scarlet-fever, 12 from
hooping-cough, 10 from diarrhoea, and 13 from fever. To the deaths from
small-pox as above recorded there must be added the 12 deaths which
occurred in the Small Pox Hospitals, and to the deaths from fever the 4
which occurred in the Fever Hospital; thus making a total of 35 deaths
from small-pox and 17 from fever. There were also 3 deaths from erysipelas,
1 from puerperal fever, 1 from pyaemia, 4 from rheumatism, 1 from mumps,
and 4 from croup.
In the corresponding Quarter of the previous year the deaths from
epidemic diseases were 124; viz., 50 from small-pox, 5 from measles, 28
from scarlet-fever, 10 from hooping-cough, 12 from diarrhoea, and 19
from fever.