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REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
foe the
Quarter ending 27th September, 1873.
To the Board of Works, Whitechapel District,
Gentlemen,
In the Quarter that ended on Saturday, September 27th, 1873,
the births registered in the Whitechapel District were 633; viz., 325 males
and 308 females. During the same period the deaths have been 573 : of
these, 332 have been of males and 241 of females. In the corresponding
Quarter of the previous year the births were 640, and the deaths 670.
There has been, therefore, a decrease of 7 in the number of births, and a
decrease of 97 in the number of deaths.
The deaths in the London Hospital have been 144 ; viz., 96 males and
48 females. Of the total deaths in this institution there were 14 of persons
resident within the District, 90 of non-residents, and 40 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 record. There were four deaths from fever in the London Hospital
during this Quarter—2 from Typhoid, and 2 from Typhus. Of these 4
deaths, 3 were of non-residents. There were also 2 deaths from Diarrhoea,
one of which was of a non-resident.
Five deaths from Pyaemia, and 3 from Erysipelas occurred in this
institution during this Quarter.
The deaths in the Workhouse have been 54; viz., 32 males and 22
females. One death from Hooping-Cough occurred in this establishment.
The deaths from epidemic diseases in the entire District have been 128 ;
viz., 3 from measles, 6 from scarlet-fever, 3 from diphtheria, 10 from
hooping-cough, 87 from diarrhoea, 13 from fever, and 6 from choleraic
diarrhoea. Five deaths of patients from this District occurred in the Fever
Hospital; thus making a total of 18 deaths from fever; but from these there
must be deducted 3 deaths of non-residents which occurred in the Londou
Hospital, thus reducing the total number of deaths from fever to 15.
There were 3 deaths from erysipelas, 6 from croup, 1 from puerperal-fever,
1 from carbuncle, 3 from rheumatism, 5 from pyæmia, and 1 from ague.