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 2nd October, 1875.
| Districts. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhosa. | Fever. | Cholera & Choleraic Diarrhea. | Totle | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 32 | ||
| Mile End New Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 17 | Workhouse. |
| Whiteohapel, North | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Whitechapel Church | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Hospital. |
| 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 17 | ||
| 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 98 | ||
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1874. | 1 | 4 | 78 | 1 | 3 | 59 | 18 | 3 | 167 |
One death from fever of a patient belonging to thia District occurred in the Asylum District
Fever Hospital at Homerton.
TABLE III.,
Showing Sub-distriets, Enumerated Population, Total Births, and Deaths from all causes. Deaths under 1 year of age and above 60 yeara ; Deaths from Violence, Inquest cases, and Deaths in Workhouse and London Hospital, for the Quarter ending 2nd October, 1875.
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22499 | 165 | 92 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| Mile End New Town | 15550 | 162 | 132 | 37 | 36 | 6 | 14 | 62 |
| Whitechapel North . | 11597 | 93 | 46 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Whitechapel Church | 7322 | 58 | 192 | 13 | 23 | 40 | 47 | 163 |
| Goodman's Fields | 10381 | 94 | 49 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 9224 | 60 | 57 | ... | 7 | 6 | 11 | 0 | |
| Totals | 635 | 568 | 149 | 82 | 55 | 87 | 225 |