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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 1875
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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LONDON.
| July 10 | July 17 | July 24 | July 31 | Aug. 7 | Aug 14 | Aug 21 | Aug. 28 | Sep. 4 | Sep. 11 | Sep. 18 | Sep. 25 | Oct 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths from Fever | 15 | 26 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 22 | 18 | 24 | 29 | 26 | 24 | IS | 25 |
| Deaths from Scar-let Fever | 58 | 90 | 96 | 87 | 73 | 87 | 59 | 71 | 99 | 71 | 82 | 90 | 113 |
| Mean Tempera-ture of the air j | 58.5° | 06.2° | 60.2° | 60.3° | 59.8° | 65.2° | 66.6° | 62.2° | 60 0 | 60.30 | 63.2° | 60.1° | 55-1 ° |
| Rain-fall in inches | 0.54 | 3.27 | 0.49 | O.04 | l.2o | 0.21 | 039 | 0.34 | 0.23 | 0 00 | 0.18 | 2.25 | 0.84 |
| Deaths in London | 1400 | 1481 | 1471 | 1422 | 1340 | 14S3 | 1453 | 14 40 | 1429 | 1492 | 1338 | '.319 | 1401 |
| Deaths in White-chapel District. j | 38 | 60 | 39 | 34 | 43 | 42 | 46 | 46 | 60 | 43 | 46 | 37 | 44 |
| Deaths in do. from Scarlet-fever | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
V accination.
WHITECHAPEL UNION.—Return of the number of Cases Vaccinated by the Public Vaccinator and the Medical Officer of the Workhouse, together with the number of Births Registered during the same quarters.
| Quarter ending— | PUBLIC VACCINATOK | workhodse. | Totals. | Births | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Cases. | Re-Vacci-natioD. | Primary Cases. | Re-Vaccination | Primary Cases. | Re-Vacci-nation. | Registd. | |
| December | 256 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 295 | 3 | 673 |
| March, 1874 | 335 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 372 | 1 | 640 |
| June | 411 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 441 | 2 | 726 |
| September | 329 | 0 | 30 | o | 359 | o | 030 |
| December | 1S5 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 216 | 2 | 639 |
| March, 1875 | 292 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 336 | 2 | 637 |
| June | 376 | 0 | 26 | o | 402 | 0 | 673 |
| September, | 350 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 385 | 1 | 650 |
| Totals | 2534 | 10 | 272 | 1 | 2806 | 11 | 6368 |
Diakrhcea.
It will be observed on referring to Table 2 in the Appendix, that the
deaths from diarrhoea for this quarter are two in number less than in
the corresponding quarter of the previous year, while the mean temperature
of the air was less by 7.4°. From this fact we may learn to correct,
to some extent, a prevalent opinion that summer diarrhoea, and especially
the diarrhoea of infants, is caused by the heat of the weather. Tho
Registrar-General, in his return of births and deaths for the week ending
July 17, makes the following remarks: "Notwithstanding tho low temperature
and the heavy rain-fall, the fatality from diarrhoea not only showed
a lurther increase, but exceeded the average for the corresponding weeks in