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Whitechapel 1875

[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 2nd January, 1875.

Districts.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Hooping-Cough.Diarrhœa.Fever.Cholera & Choleraic: Diarrhoea.Total.Remarks.
Artillery015000107
Spitalfields0290003014
Mile End New Town00130106020Workhouse.
Whitechapel, North00100012013
Whitechapel Church0163013014Hospital.
Goodman's Fields006000107
Aldgate01100011013
Totals055931317088
Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1874.(14 weeks)03790151311287

Four deaths from fever of patients belonging to this District occurred in the Fever Hospital
at Homerton.

TABLE III.,

Showing Sub-districts, Enumerated Population, Total Births, and Deaths from all causes. Deaths under 1 year of age and above 60 years, Deaths from Violence, Inquest cases, and Deaths in Workhouse and London Hospital.

Sub-districts.Enumerated Population in 1871.Births.Deaths.Under 1 year of age.Persons aged 60 ye?rs and upwards.Violence.Inquest cases.Deaths in Public Institutions.
Artillery66515745167050
Spitalfields158481177922131110
Mile End New Town15550186185333471289
Whitechapel North115979862178340
Whitechapel Church73227424211354858199
Goodman's Fields103819258156340
Aldgate9224516089270
Totals67573112211264101288