Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 3rd April, 1875.
| Distriots. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhœa. | Fever. | Uholcra & Cholcraic Diarrlœa. | Total. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spitalfields | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Workhouse. |
| Mile End New Town | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| Whitechapel, North | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Whitechapel Church | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aldgate | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 28 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 18 74. | 0 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 56 |
Two deaths from fever of patients belonging to this District occurred in the Asylum District
Fever Hospital at Homerton; one of these was removed from 52, Flower and Dean Street' and
the other from 19, Crown Court, Butler s Buildings.
TABLE III.,
Showing Sub-districts. Enumerated Population, Total Births, and Deaths from all causes. Deaths under 11 year of age and above CO 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 years and upwards. | Violence. | Inquest cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spitalfields | 22499 | 173 | 111 | 26 | 21 | 6 | 16 | 0 |
| Mile End New Town | 15550 | 200 | 192 | 25 | 61 | 71 | 16 | 126 |
| Whitechapel North | 11597 | 89 | 44 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Whitechapel Church | 7322 | 82 | 232 | 11 | 2.9 | 52 | 57 | 194 |
| Goodman's Fields | 10381 | 105 | 43 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Aldgate | 9224 | 54 | 63 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 703 | 685 | 103 | 148 | 137 | 107 | 320 |