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Whitechapel 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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Fever Cases in the District.
In my last report I published a return of the fever cases, prepared by
Mr. Ilott, the Medical Officer of the Workhouse, which had occurred in
this District, and had been removed from the Workhouse to the Homerton
Fever Hospital; and as the disease continues to prevail, Mr. Ilott has
kindly given to me the following return of the cases which have occurred
during the present quarter.
TABLE
Showing the localities from which the patients were received in the Workhouse, and other particulars relating to them.
| Cases and description of Fever. | Previous Residence. | Date of admission into Workhouse. | Date of admission into Fever Hospital. | Length of time in the Workhouse before appearance of fever. | Whether or not Patients had Fever on admission. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typhus Fever | 52, Flower & Dean Street | Jan. 4 | Jan. 6 | 2 days | No |
| Scarlet Fever | Brought in by Police | 2 | 8 | 6 „ | „ |
| Typhus Fever | 5, Keate Court | 5 | 8 | 3 „ | „ |
| Enteric Fever | 56, Flower & Dean Street | 3 | 8 | 5 „ | „ |
| Typhus Fever | 2, George Street | 10 | 12 | 2 „ | Slightly |
| Typhus Fever | 17, Flower & Dean Street | 12 | 13 | 1 „ | „ |
| Enteric Fever | Casual Ward | 13 | 14 | 1 „ | „ |
| Typhus Fever | 30, Dorset Street | 11 | 14 | 3 „ | No |
| Typhus Fever | 55, Flower & Dean Street | 17 | 19 | 2 „ | „ |
| Typhus Fever | 17, Dorset Street | 18 | 19 | 1 „ | Slightly |
| Typhus Fever | 4, Paternoster Row | 20 | 21 | 1 „ | |
| Typhus Fever | 18, Thrawl Street | 28 | 31 | 3 „ | No |
| Typhus Fever | 17, Thrawl Street | 29 | 31 | 2 „ | „ |
| Enteric Fever | 1, Flower & Dean Street | 31 | Feb. 1 | 2 „ | „ |
| Typhus Fever | Brought from CasualWard | Feb. 1 | 1 | A few hours | Slightly |
| Typhus Fever | 38, Flower & Dean Street | 2 | 3 | 1 day | „ |
| Typhus Fever | 10, Lower Keate Street | 2 | 3 | 1 „ | „ |
| Typhus Fever | 60, Wentworth Street | 2 | 3 | 1 „ | „ |
| Typhus Fever | 5, Flower & Dean Street | 3 | 3 | A few hours | „ |
| Typhus Fever | 2, George Street | 3 | 5 | 2 days | No |
| Typhus Fever | Workhouse | 5 | Ad old resident | Slightly | |
| Typhus Fever | Refuge, Crispin Street | Feb. 6 | 7 | 1 day | „ |