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Whitechapel 1875

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: APPENDIX.TABLE I.—Cases of Sickness of the Zymotic and Acute Classes, which are recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union,for the Three Months ending on the 2nd January, 1875.

APPENDIX.

TABLE I.—Cases of Sickness of the Zymotic and Acute Classes, which are recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union,

for the Three Months ending on the 2nd January, 1875.

Names of Medical Officers.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Hooping-Cough.Diarrhoea.Cholera and" Choleraic-Diarrhoea.Continued Fever, Typhus & Typhoid.Febricula.Pyæmia.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Croup.Acute Pulmonary Inflammation.Carbuncle.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Dysentery.Delirium Tremens.Lead Poisoning.All other Diseases.Total.
Bronchitis and Catarrh.Pleuritis and Pneumonia.
Dr. Swyer086050510020010806000092152
Mr. Champneys0082407160301264070001103182
Mr. Sequeira006400419030022300000175137
Mr. H. Braye0080102240100554040013180283
Mr. Loane005020213010021004200091141
Total08336120208201001134190212015541895
Corresponding Qr.of previous Year. (14 weeks.)174101401759016011752901831147071247
Workhouse Mr. J. J. Ilott.025280215020001802607144413307726

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In addition to the cases attended by Mr. Ilott in the Workhouse there were 43 cases of syphilis.