London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Whitechapel 1876

[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 30th December, 1876.

Districts.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlet F ever.Diphtheria.Hooping-Cough.Diarrhoea.Fever.Cholera & Choleraic ' Diarrhoea.Total.Remarks.
Spitalfields2120221010Workhouse.
Mile End New Town601001008
Whitechapel North010100103Hospital.
Whitechapel Church010001406
Goodman's Fields000001304
Aldgate001005107
Totals834121010038
Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1875.22212324149086

Six deaths from small-pox of patients belonging to this District occurred in the Small
Pox Hospital at Homerton, and 1 in the Fever Hospital,

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, for the Quarter ending 30th December, 1876.

Sub-districts.Enumerated Population in 1871.j Births.Deaths.Under 1 year of age.Persons aged 60 ye?rs and upwards.Violence.Inquest cases.Deaths in Public Institutions.
Spitalfields2249921810840178163
Mile End New Town15550179142294581881
Whitechapel North1159710139104240
Whitechapel Church7322592351720444,6211
Goodman's Fields103819636165160
Aldgate922460461110470
Totals7136001231016797295