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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13th December, and Tuesday, the 14th December, when the thermometer
indicated respectively 23.7°, 23.3°, 29.8°, and 24.2°. The coldest day
during the corresponding Quarter of last year was on Friday, the 1st
January, when tho thermometer indicated 18.2°, or 13.2° below the freezing
point.
The rain-fall during the year was 27.59 inches, and in the previous
year the rain-fall was 18.31 inches.
The following table, taken from the returns of the Registrar-General,
shows the comparative results of the Quarter :—
LONDON.
Oct. 9 | Oct. 16 | Oct 23 | Oct. 30 | Nov. 6 | Nov 13 | Nov 20 | Nov 27 | Dec 4 | Dec. 11 | Dec. 18 | Dec. 26 | Jan 1 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths from Fever | 29 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 27 | 25 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 20 | 20 |
Deaths from Scar let Fever | 110 | 122 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 116 | 96 | 120 | 104 | 103 | 107 | 85 | 75 |
Mean Temperature of the air | 54.3° | 45.8° | 49.7° | 43.0° | 48.2° | 43.0° | 45.8° | 360° | 309 | 33.3° | 37.5° | 46.1° | 43.1° |
Rain-fall in inches | 0.49 | 0.48 | 2.16 | 0.25 | 0.62 | 1.92 | 0.32 | 0.01 | 0.41 | 0.31 | 0.01 | 0.35 | 0.17 |
Deaths in London | 1397 | 1442 | 1563 | 1477 | 1583 | 1567 | 1603 | 1504 | 1628 | 1856 | 1834 | 1603 | 1782 |
Deaths in Whitechapel District. | 39 | 46 | 60 | 49 | 56 | 41 | 50 | 59 | 52 | 58 | 58 | 43 | 68 |
Deaths in do. from Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vaccination.
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 VACCINATOR | workhouse. | Totals. | Births Registd. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary Cases. | Re-Vaccination. | Primary Cases. | Re-Vaccination | Primary Cases. | Re-Vaccination. | ||
March, 1874 | 335 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 872 | 1 | 640 |
June | 411 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 441 | 2 | 726 |
September | 329 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 359 | 0 | 630 |
December | 185 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 216 | 2 | 689 |
March, 1875 | 292 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 336 | 2 | 687 |
June | 376 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 402 | 0 | 673 |
September | 350 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 385 | 1 | 650 |
December | 178 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 201 | 2 | 655 |
Totals | 2456 | 10 | 256 | 0 | 2712 | 10 | 5350 |