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REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
for the
Quarter ending 28th December, 1872.
To the Board of Works, Whitechapel District.
Gentlemen,
In the Quarter that ended on Saturday, December 28, 1872,
the births registered in the Whitechapel District were 661; viz., 347 males
and 314 females. During the same period the deaths have been 548: of
these, 307 have been of males and 241 of females. In the corresponding
Quarter of the previous year the births were G53 and the deaths 669.
There has been, therefore, an increase of 8 in the number of births, and
a decrease of 121 in the number of deaths.
The deaths in the London Hospital have been 155; viz., 118 males and
37 females. Of the total deaths in this institution there were 22 of persons
resident within the District, 86 of non-residents, and 47 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 3 deaths from typhoid fever in the
London Hospital during this Quarter, 2 of which were of non-residents.
The deaths in the Workhouse have been 55; viz., 23 males and 32
females. No death from epidemic disease occurred in this establishment.
The deaths from epidemic diseases in the entire District have been 41;
viz., 1 from small-pox, 3 from measles, 2 from scarlet-fever, 1 from diphtheria,
15 from hooping-cough, 12 from diarrhoea, and 7 from fever. There was no
death during this quarter either in the Small-pox or Fever Hospital of patieuts
from this District. There were 9 deaths from erysipelas, 3 from puerperal
fever, 4 from pya3mia, and 8 from croup.
In the corresponding Quarter of the previous year the deaths from
epidemic diseases were 80; viz., 23 from small-pox, 12 from measles, 10 from
scarlet-fever, 12 from hooping-cough, 10 from diarrhoea, and 13 from fever.
In the corresponding Quarter of last year the deaths from erysipelas were 3,
from puerperal fever 1, from pyæmia I, from rheumatism 4, from croup 4, and
from mumps 1.
The deaths caused by diseases of the respiratory organs, exclusive of
consumption, have been 94; of these, 39 were caused by bronchitis, 49 by