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 tho Deaths from Epidemic Diseases, for the Three Months ending
3rd July, 1875.
| Districts. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Fever. | Cholera & Choleraic Diarrhœa. | Total. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | Workhouse. | ||||
| Whitechapel, North | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Whitechapel Church | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Aldgate | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 90 | ||
| Totals | 1 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 67 | ||
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1874. | 0 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 64 |
One death from fever of a patient belonging to this District occurred in the Asylum District
Fever Hospital at Homerton. The Patient was removed from 6, Wentworth Street.
TABLE III.,
-Showing Sub-districts, Enumerated Population, Total Births and D»aths 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, for the Quarter ending 3rd July, 1875.
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22499 | 212 | 88 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Mile End New Town | 15550 | 153 | 154 | 33 | 46 | 3 | 9 | 88 |
| Whitechapel North | 11597 | 102 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Whitechapel Church | 7322 | 76 | 191 | 13 | 18 | 25 | 27 | 166 |
| Goodman's Fields | 10381 | 84 | 48 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Aldgate | 9224 | 42 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 669 | 558 | 117 | 89 | 39 | 56 | 254 |