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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 1874
[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
4th July, 1874.
| Districts. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Fever. | Total. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Spitalfields | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
| Mile End New Town | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, North | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Whitechapel Church | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | |
| Aldgate | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |
| Totals | 0 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 64 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding quarter, 1873. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 11 | 11 | 61 |
5 deaths from pyæmia, 5 from erysipelas, 3 from puerperal fever, and 3 from cynanche
tonsillaris occurred in the District A patient, sent from this District, died from fever in
the Fever Hospital. The total number of deaths from fever, belonging to this District
has been 4.
TABLE III.
Showing the Ages at Death in the 'Workhouse, and in the London Hospital for the Quarter
ending 4th July, 1874.
| 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 Males, 64. Females, 40. | Corresponding Quarter of 1873. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workhouse ......... | 8 | C | 22 | 27 | 29 | 9 | 104 | 76 | |
| London Hospital... | 2 | 10 | 17 | 44 | 57 | 27 | 2 | Males, 108 Females, 51 159 | 144 |